A Race Odyssey

Rating: 8/10 (3 February 2016)

When NASA goes into hiding because a world short on food can't be told that serious funds are still going to space exploration and the government has issued "corrected versions" of textbooks that the Apollo moon landing was just a PR effort to bankrupt the Soviets, the truth still lingers in a small portion of society. Coop confronts school bureaucrats with the need to look deeper into his son while explaining why his daughter got into a scuffle over the history of space exploration. Murph and Coop locate NASA by reading some dirt on the floor and Coop fulfills his destiny by venturing into space in pursuit of previous explorers dispatched to find habitable worlds.
Only problem is that Option B is the real only option because Michael Caine has already figured out that Option A, getting everyone off planet earth, doesn't work and has lied to Coop and apparently his daughter about it. A mind bending conclusion involving black holes, the 5th Dimension (not the 60s rock group) and travels back to a safer, more secure time and location leave questions unanswered. The physics makes it a little hard to follow, but allows the dreamers to have their go at the final meaning here. Visually spectacular with enough comic relief from TARS to be fun at points. Should be viewed all in one sitting the first time.