Refreshing and a bright discovery

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2015)

Interstellar starring Matthew McConaughey is a gripping sci-fi adventure that's simultaneously exciting and smart,a combination that is synonymous with director Christopher Nolan's back catalog. If the threads don't quite tie up, and the script occasionally suffers a few hiccups, these are minor flaws that can be easily forgiven, and which Nolan makes up for with craft, exuberance and ambition. The film is confident enough to take us on a thrilling adventure without resorting to huge action sequences, in which the spectacle is delivered on an intergalactic scale, but from a very human point of view. Nolan cuts away from earth in an effective sequence, propelling Cooper and us into the depths of space.