An outstanding sci-fi movie

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2014)

Usually, I'm not that keen on movies, but I'm a big fan of science fiction stories like this one. Without trying to be a spoiler, the plot goes more or less like this: The story takes place in Earth, in a not so distant future, when the environment have become hostile for people, and food availability is not guaranteed. In this scenario, Cooper, who is a former pilot, works now as a farmer, but he and his daughter Murphy receive strange signals which led them to a secret space base. Here, he is convinced to pilot a spaceship towards a wormhole located near Saturn. The goal of the mission is to cross it in order to study the habitability of the planets in the other end of the wormhole.
Despite the risks, he undertakes the trip along 3 other astronauts. When the spaceship reaches the wormhole they are transported to a new solar system, whose planets orbit around a giant black hole, probably in a distant galaxy. The problems begin when they visit one of the planets discovering unexpected environments, realizing that maybe humankind is not prepared for the consequences of the interstellar travel.
I was really into the idea of exploring new worlds and visit distant galaxies, but what I like about it most is how this was accomplished in a very realistic way. In this kind of movies, science accuracy may be not always a priority, but for this one, special effects were produced under scientific advising, and the results are amazing. Some have said that they couldn't stand the final since it includes very speculative theories, but I liked how they were explored; after all, a sci-fi movie contains some fiction.
On the other hand, the movie is very long (approx. 2 and a half hours), so what I don't like about it is that during the first 30 or 40 minutes, the film goes a bit slow, although for the second half, is much more enjoyable. I think that for some parts, certain scientific knowledge be required to understand it completely, so I can figure out why some people couldn't get into it. And of course, given the limited duration of the film, some of the events seem to happen very fast, making it more unrealistic.