So well made that the flaws almost don't matter

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2014)

(89%) One of the more ambitious sci-fi movies of recent years that works both for and against it; although this is a film truly worth tracking down simply because it is such a general cinematic achievement that like "Gravity" really needs to be seen in a cinema to be properly experienced. The performances are as one would expect with McConaughey leading well, even if he has been better, and nobody could be accused of letting the side down; while the direction is faultless, and at times totally sublime with many shots that are both haunting and beautiful. Once the final few reels make their rounds the plot takes one too many contrivances that push things a little beyond reason, but this is still an epic trip through time and space that has enough heart and human spirit to get past the bulk of the science flimflam.