An Interstellar Scale Mess

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2015)

I'll start by saying this is not the worst film I have ever seen. It is the worst film I have ever seen given the resources and talents applied.
I am astonished at the rave reviews being lavished on a film that is neither remarkable visually nor original from a plot and story telling point of view.
In summary "Interstellar" is a poor remake of "The Grapes of Wrath" spliced onto an even worse remake of "2001 A Space Odyssey" rounded off with an ending that would've helped "Knowing" be a better film...if only it was an ending for that film...not this one. Though to be fair, on further contemplation the beginning has more in common with "Field of Dreams", what with the baseball and weird farmer character and all.
Seriously, imagine a version of "2001" where HAL is crossed with JaJa Binks....yep...I kid you not. To add to the mess we are also provided with a James Bond like evil genius complete with his own secret base....only he's not meant to be evil...he just turns out that way.
This strange concoction desperately tries to present itself as something original...but scene by scene we are continually presented with the badly rehashed ideas of others....combined with kind of "science" that makes "Star Wars" look like an academic treatise on the physics of space travel. Come to think of it "Interstellar" even tries for a few Jedi mind tricks here and there.
But don't despair because the film is only 14 hours long and when you do get to the end your spirits will be lifted by the thought that humanities future will be gestated by Anne Hathaway...thereby guaranteeing an endless supply of annoying actresses...that can't act.
As this review started....it's not the worst film ever made...but it rates as the biggest wasted opportunity in film history. Of the modern sci-fi films "Oblivion" is well ahead of this in virtually every respect....even with Tom Cruise in it!