Excellent film, but fails to reach its true potential

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2014)

This movie really gets a lot of things right. It's meticulously directed, acted and scored and has some of the most believable awe-inspiring visual effects ever seen in a sci-fi. That's why it is such a shame that the script fails to carry this incredible high through all the way to the end. Specifically when launched into the final act of the film, the previously superb storytelling gives away to unnecessary exposition. Instead of entrusting the audience with the task to ponder the ending and make up their own mind about what really happened (which would have benefited the movie greatly), Nolan introduces a forced cheesy plot-element that even contradicts the scientific realism displayed earlier in the movie.
I would urge everyone to go see Interstellar, because despite its flaws it is undeniably a great piece of filmmaking. Unfortunately though, I cannot say that I consider it a true masterpiece.