Stunning visuals cannot make up for storyline that woefully overreaches

Rating: 2/10 (8 November 2014)

Full disclosure: I had ZERO interest in seeing this movie in the first place. But I got dragged along by my friends to see it... and I wish I could get my 3 hours back.
There are 4 fundamental issues I have with this movie:
1. The length
Nolan could've easily gotten 2 or 3 movies out of the script for this movie. In it's own right each "acts" of the story could've stood alone & been amazing. Instead Nolan condenses them together in a narrative that is flat and feels never ending.
2. You never connect to any of the characters on an emotional level.
McConaughey's performance as the protagonist Cooper, whilst complex enough to keep you mildly interested, fails to hit any emotional notes. Even when he leaves his kids (possibly forever) I didn't care. And hathaway's character was mostly boring/annoying and her speech about love was painfully cliché.
3. The science fiction elements
Now I'm no physicist but despite all the study previously completed about black holes we're just supposed to believe that a guy in a ship can fly into a black hole and not be pulled apart & magically escape???? Light can't escape a black hole but this guy can!! Now there's suspending disbelief and there's flagrantly ignoring years of scientific research.
Oh and don't even get me started on the inception-style ridiculousness at the end and the magic revelations drawn by cooper and his daughter from thin air. The science makes NO SENSE.
4. TARS the robot
As much as I can appreciate Nolan going away from the conventional android-type robot for the film, a robot that rolls across the water in the shape of an asterisk and picks someone up and rolls back??? Come on.
On the plus side the robot was the funniest part of the movie (again probably got a great thing).
In conclusion: The special effects were amazing but the story was a horrible mis-match of several ideas (some that worked and a lot that didn't).