Fear and Trembling

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2014)

There are many great reviews on this website for this great movie. However, I will not talk about the space/time/gravity and all that jazz. What I want you to know is that this movie is emotionally draining. In a good way, I suppose. The gut wrenching heartaches and the moments of the characters being human not characters is what really got me. Mathew McAlright gave the most mesmerizing performance of his career in my opinion. The man hit the nail with his character. The rest of the cast including Anne Hathway and Jessica Chastain were nothing short of spectacular with their character portrayals as well. Sure, the story was unique and had an amazing back drop, but the humanity of these characters in crucial moments in their lives is extraordinary. Christopher Nolan scars you with this story about humanity and its survival instincts, the lengths that it will go to preserve what we call special, life. There were times in the movie when I thought to myself, "wait this is a movie", but for the most part, it was as real as you can imagine.
The idea of holding time and gravity as tangible subjects is something that I don't understand. My naive brain in the realm of imaginative physics defeats me. Then again, dream within a dream concept was similarly defeating as well.
Great movie. Worth the money.