A handful of minor flaws swept away in a hurricane of brilliance.

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2019)

This movie is complex enough that it requires a bit of mental gymnastics to pierce the surface fog of confluent ideas as we are drawn into a dystopian future. The stereotypical "mans greed" blowing up the planet gets left for a more simple but interesting "earths ecology has outgrown us" plot. NASA's Dr Brand draws on a number of scientific facts to base the ensuing world event of plant destroying blight, while at the same time juxtaposing the "failed wars of attrition" meme and then the civilian rewrite of history meme where the Apollo moon landings where fictional "history".
The so called "educational professionals" lacking knowledge of actual science history becomes a bit grating as do the retro looks at future solar cells that can "power farms" . The icing on this cake is when we learn that future humans decide in great wisdom that MRI"s are more a convenience than a necessity. As none existed to diagnose Coopers wife. Again these small flaws amount to a few pot holes worth of plot devices on a highway star ride to another galaxy. The ever rustic voice inflections of McConnahey help water down some of the pretentiousness of the pending "end of the world" and the addition of Lithgow as father in law of widower Cooper works magic. 2010:YWMC fans will recall Lithgow has already had his shot at leaving earths orbit.
The real emotional tension is the 3 way struggle of egos between Astronaut Brand (Hathaway), Space Cowboy McConnehey and his equally head strong daughter, Murphy. The technical use of AI as a supporting character was just the right touch to keep the objectiveness of events in reach of the viewer. Nolan pays homage to the age old, artificial lifeform we have come to expect in this genre, and has been so well perceived since before Robby the Robot. I found myself wishing and really half expecting TARS to break into a HAL9000 version of "Daisy" just to annoy Cooper.
The betrayal by the assumed hero, Dr Mann and the subsequent heroic mission save by Cooper to dock with a spinning out of control station yields the definitive moment when Brand and Cooper are finally united in mind and spirit not just to survive but find a way to achieve something with the remaining assets of the now shambles of their mission. Here again small science flaws, like the near impossibility of approaching a black hole at such distances and surviving can be overlooked for the moment we discover who "THEY" are and the part Cooper and his sidekick robot dog TARS will play.
The final scenes close with the third iteration of Murphy Cooper as the time paradox reaches it's conclusion and the now older than her father, wiser, daughter of Cooper sends him on one final mission, a man lost in time as it were, travelling yet again to the one person left alive that actually knows who he is and truthfully means something to him.
This movie really deserves more than 10 stars as it portrays the epic heroes journey as well as has been done and blends the story in a future of a bleak fate of human extinction and hope for survival in the process. Interstellar is Chris Nolans Mona Lisa.