Rich, satisfying and gripping epic

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2014)

This is a rich, satisfying and gripping epic with several interwoven themes: father-daughter relationships, ecological collapse, survival, interstellar travel, alien worlds and more. The space scenes are beautiful, especially the worm hole, black hole and alien worlds.
Matthew McConaughey is the emotional heart of the film, and he pulls it off beautifully (like the fine actor we all now know he is). I was deeply moved by a few of the father-daughter scenes. Anne Hathaway and the others were also good.
OK, there were several aspects of the movie that did not feel quite right to me. They were jarring, and caused me to question what I was watching. Moreover, I can't say I liked the far-fetched deus-ex-machina ending. But, hey, what do I know about worm holes, event horizons, the fifth dimension and tesseracts. At times, this movie did feel somewhat like other space movies that have been made over the years. Having said this, these problems didn't ruin the movie for me, which I think is worth about 8.5 out of 10.
The movie is almost three hours long, but it didn't feel tedious.