Interstellar: An Ode to Science Fiction in Film

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2015)

+ Cinematography: It's a visual treat. The depiction of space travel couldn't get any more beautiful than this.
+ The Science: Some really good scientific thought has gone into the making of this film. This is enough to assure the audiences that Interstellar isn't just another run-of-the-mill sci-fi movie.
+ Story: While this concept has been tested previously by a lot of films, Interstellar has managed to pull off the human extinction theory with relative ease.

Length: The screenplay has been accused of being on the slower side throughout and with good reason. Interstellar drags on quite a bit and could have done with a better pair of scissors.

Performances: Hammy to say the least. Every character has done it. Not very Nolan-like but there's a first time for everything.

Preachy script: Almost every character gets preachy about love and other things which gets irritating after a point.

After the outstanding ending to the Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan has yet again come back with something brilliant. Set in the not-so-distinct future, Interstellar is a tale of a holocaust-like human situation where crops have started dying and there's a fear of the extinction of the human race as we know it. A team of astronauts headed by Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), Dr. Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway), Doyle (Wes Bentley), and Romilly (David Gyasi) go on a journey that transcends galaxies with the help of a worm hole that has been suspected to be placed by some unknown alien life form.
Interstellar also depicts the relationship between Cooper and his estranged daughter Murph (played incredibly by Mackenzie Foy as a child and Jessica Chastain as the adult.) The film tries to delve into love as the most primal form of human emotion. While at that, it often gets a little preachy with the same.
Hans Zimmer's score is hauntingly beautiful as it get the viewers engage in the movie experience like never before.
The climax is totally unexpected and has been brilliantly treated. Save for some plot holes, Interstellar largely manages to give the viewers a visual experience of a lifetime. Perhaps the greatest aspect of the film is that it is backed up by real science and theories that exist. Interstellar is a true blue sci-fi that more than respects the genre.