Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (12 November 2014)

Grandiose handling of a simple premise through the sci-fi medium... Interstellar zips along at a fair pace considering the amount of dialogue and musings of its characters. Dealing with themes of human survivability, altruism and abandonment with engaging photography and ethereal (if sometimes overbearing) sound-scape's the plot is revealed at a comfortably digestible rate.
The special effects are both beautiful yet functional, perfectly measured to the tonal quality of the scenery and sound. In short they are "believeable" and lend a credibility to the storytelling beyond that of its Hollywood peers.
While many will be intrigued by claims of its intellectual superiority to other science fiction movies, they will be a little disappointed by this rarely challenging retelling of a dystopian earth and the remaining residents search for a new home.
Having a Director that is held in such high regard seems to have elevated Interstellar beyond its counterparts through that virtue alone which is somewhat unfortunate given that an audience, oblivious to his previous work, would still enjoy this movie in good measure.
That being said, while it may well represent "the science fiction movie of the year" I'm left wondering if in 10 years it will be looked upon as the sci-fi movie of the decade...something only "Time" will tell...