OK, but it's no 2001

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2014)

This movie is undoubtedly beautiful, there's no denying that. And the performances are good. And a lot of the plot twists are smart and I didn't see them coming.
***A few spoilers ahead***
However, I have several issues with it overall. For one, it takes itself awfully seriously. This is part of Christopher Nolan's thing I guess, but if you notice, all of his movies have very little humor, and freight all the cool sci-fi or thriller stuff with really, really heavy emotional things. Memento? Guy's wife raped and murdered. Inception? Dude's wife commits suicide. This movie? All of humanity is in danger of extinction and a guy is estranged from his daughter. I guess you could write these things and still let the audience have some fun, but Nolan doesn't want to let you much for some reason. Watch a few other space epics, like 2001: A Space Odyssey, and marvel at how much more fun the suspense is.
And also, the science gets kind of ridiculous at a certain point (near the end). It's especially egregious when it's trying to force a happy ending on us.