Some Powerful Scenes - Does Make You Think

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2014)

Christopher Nolan's latest film "Interstellar" plays off a number of themes and subjects. The movie is held in the near future. Earth is becoming environmentally unlivable, with Blight and Dust Storms scoring the land. Matthew McConaughey, plays "Cooper" a Widowed former NASA Pilot and Engineer, turned Farmer, who lives with his father-in law "Donald" (John Lithgow), Son Tom, and ten year-old daughter "Murphy", better know as "Murph", in what I feel is one of the best performances by a child actor in a movie I have seen, played by Mackenzie Foy, as she portrays deep emotion that is impressive for an actor of any age. Murph believes there is a ghost haunting her room, trying to communicate with her. Cooper discovers that the "ghost" is an unknown form of intelligence, sending them coded messages, by means of gravitational waves altering the dust on the floor, directing them to a secret NASA installation led by "Professor Brand", played by Michael Cane. Cooper is recruited by Brand for a Space Mission, believing that humanity's fight to survive is a losing battle and proposes that the solution is to colonize another galaxy. Cooper is joined by three astronauts, including Brand's Daughter "Amelia", played by Anne Hathaway. As mentioned, the movie plays off a number of themes and subjects. To Name Some - The Environment, Science, Space, Worm Holes, Other Dimensions, Passage of Time and Human Relationships – Parent to Child Love and Romantic Love.. The movie does have power moments, and is a visual treat at times, though there is one short visual sequence in the first 3rd of the movie that took part in Space, that didn't look that impressive to me. Caine, Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain, playing an older "Murphy" as the film progresses give very effective supporting performances. McConaughey, in his first major leading Film Role since his Oscar Winning Turn in "Dallas Buyers Club", performance gets more effective as the movie progresses. In the end, the Movie does make you think, and the powerful scenes are very emotionally moving. The science talk may go over one's head at times to a point. It is a film I will see again, and it may improve for me. For now, on first viewing, while not among my favorite Chirstopher Nolan Films, I give it 3 Stars out of 4 for it's emotionally moving scenes, played well by it's cast.