Really exceptional

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2014)

Interstellar has it all: breath-taking adventure, mind-bending spectacle, brain-teasing thought experiments and fascinating science speculation, powerful emotional hooks, strong performances. It actually brings something new to the table in terms of using relativity as a part of the story and a hook for high-stakes adventure, featuring memorable sequences and truly alien environments that the big screen has never seen before.
Even the robot sidekicks worked, and I haven't seen a movie that could honestly claim that since "The Black Hole." This is the kind of SF people keep telling us can't be made any more... but of course it can. Thanks to Chris Nolan for reminding everyone of that.