Holds the attention but wanes towards the end

Rating: 7/10 (25 November 2014)

When watching interstellar, at a certain period into the film, one of mcConaugheys previous efforts 'Contact' came to mind. I wasn't far wrong. This is a better film than contact with a better ending though. And that is the key part of the movie. The ending or at least the last act of the movie. The problem I find with these types of movies is that nobody knows how we got here, or what lies out beyond deep space. When movies like interstellar try to come up with answers to these questions it often leaves you dissatisfied.
With Christopher Nolan directing you expect a certain quality of movie and he does deliver to an extent. The first three quarters of the movie were very interesting and the long running time did not feel so long which is usually a good barometer of how good a film is. We do get to that final act where some answers must be delivered however. They don't do a bad job of it to be honest, in contrast to contact where I feel the ending was completely anticlimactic. There are some interesting ideas introduced like the worry about relativity in terms of time and so on, but you might need a minor physics degree to understand some of it. All in all interstellar is worth he watch and I would rate it a good bit above average.