Interstellar (2014) Review

Interstellar (2014) - Review

Director - Christopher Nolan

Stars - Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway

Christopher Nolan’s latest adventure has been shrouded in secrecy since its initial inception (sorry) back in 2012. Its been a busy time for the Nolan brothers after the crowning success of their bat-trilogy they wasted no time at all writing and directing their next masterpiece. Bringing with them on board the Enterprise are seasoned bat-vets including Michael Cain and Anne Hathaway, with newcomers: Matthew McConaughey, Casey Affleck, Jessica Chastain and Matt Damon. This is a stellar (not sorry) cast and one, which was highly controversial at the time, as Matthew McConaughey was pre- ‘True Detective’ and so the world still thought of him as a torso that could vaguely act. All that has changed with his Oscar last year and so the mighty Interstellar landed without any bumps.

We open to see Copper (McConaughey) and his two children attempting to live in a world which is falling apart, the military has been disbanded and the schooling system teaches people that the moon landings where faked. With this in mind Cooper is then recruited to pilot a mission through a wormhole to find an inhabitable planet for the human race. Interstellar is undoubtedly the year’s best sci-fi, it manages to grip its audience every single minute of its almost 3 hour run time. Hans Zimmer’s score is predictably brilliant and provides the peril and release that we need. The most surprising thing about the movie is that it didn’t use any green screen, this is the most astounding element because it spends 80% of its time showing us new plants and solar systems which are not only beautiful but also draw dropping. Nolan is able to make sure the human element is intact throughout which is a feat in itself, there is a particular moment where Cooper receives video messages from his children which would render even Bane to tears. It manages to introduce a sort of villain late on and one which above everything else, just wants to go home. In this way the Nolan brothers have once again changed the game, they have boldly gone where ‘Gravity’ touched upon last year and made it into something unique and heart wrenchingly brilliant.

Interstellar has a heart in and amongst the science; it captures our imagination of once again being space explorers, whilst also giving us a look at relationships, which Nolan hasn’t done before. This film is ultimately a master class in filmmaking without being convoluted and dull. Although some may think it doesn’t match up on the scale of Nolan’s predecessors, Interstellar delivers every step of the way.

RATING 5/5

Written by Joshua Tanner