Such a bad, controversial film, that I had to review here too.

Rating: 1/10 (20 February 2020)

Where do I even start with reviewing this? I went to see this film in the cinema back in 2014, since I'm a fan of science fiction films. How could I have foreseen that it'll be such a ridiculous, long mess inside a shiny blender?
3 hours, yet no character development. They were crying, but you didn't care. They were dying and you didn't care. But how could you care? We learned nothing about anyone other than McConaughey's character. The rest were there to either die or leave without us feeling distressed or caring at all. After all, for which character was the happy ending?
Realism & Logic? Thrown out of the spaceship's window! A complete lack of professionalism from the 4 chosen astronauts. The 4 astronauts selected for the "giant leap for mankind" - the best people for the job - were learning the fundamentals of astrophysics (e.g. What is a black hole?) on board, in the spaceship outside of Saturn, with a whiteboard in a crash course! This does prove the "scientific seriousness" of the script, right? Sure! Oh yeah, they were also arguing over whether to go to the planet where one's boyfriend chills or to the statistically better one. Then, a not-supposed-to-be-hilarious cameo of another "super astronaut chosen for the giant leap" comes up and his actions are completely irrational. What about McConaughey's character's daughter, who wasn't talking to him from the ages of 5 to 28, because she was angry he had left because of work, yet one day she decides to send him a ridiculous message "Hi dad. You son of a *****. ..." and continue his work?! Lastly, I have to mention that "Eureka!" scene at the end... I believe Archimedes slapped that actor backstage.
As for the cinematography... 1998's Armageddon won! I never felt like I was in a big budged science fiction film about space and life in the distant future produced in 2014. I did like the depiction of the water planet, a lot. But then, most of the time I was seeing the same, odd exterior side view of the spaceship, supposed to depict the space flight. And then there were those Inception-like effects in another planet, where I only thought "Heeey, that's from Inception, we're in a dream... a nightmare!".
Hans Zimmer, the music composer of the film, has made some masterpieces in the past. This is not one of them! Here, the music is simply annoying. A constant noise feedback, that is supposed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Conclusively, it should be obvious by now based on notable films, that the best way to get your message(s) across the audience is implicitly. Having to listen to frequent, shallow lines like McConaughey's character's "Love surpasses any other power!" or that "Don't go gentle into that good night..." every 15 minutes, I'm sorry, but the message, the meaning... my popcorn and everything is lost!
I must admit it's annoying that the film is controversial and others find it an amazing film. This is definitely one of the worst movies I have ever seen. And here, McConaughey is not likeable at all. It feels like he thinks way too much of himself and his acting. I miss his good, fun old days of movies like Fool's Gold (2008).

P.S. Did you realize at the end of the film, that McConaughey's character literally stole a spaceship to go find a crew member at another planet? And that then the man in charge of the "spaceships' parking" was shocked as if someone just stole a bag of chips?!
P.P.S. Intense, survival-threatening scene. The spaceship at high speed. An astronaut tells McConaughey's character what to do. And he replies, "Say it, don't spray it.". What a humor! I wish that was the only one...
P.P.P.S Don't get me started on the casting...!