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- 2014
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 49 m
- 2014
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 49 m
Summary With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. [Paramount Pictures]
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Written By: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
- 2014
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 49 m
- 2014
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 49 m
Interstellar
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8.5
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Summary With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. [Paramount Pictures]
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Written By: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
74
76% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
22% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
74
76% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
22% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Interstellar is simultaneously a big-budget science fiction endeavor and a very simple tale of love and sacrifice. It is by turns edgy, breathtaking, hopeful, and heartbreaking.
Like the great space epics of the past, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar distills terrestrial anxieties and aspirations into a potent pop parable, a mirror of the mood down here on Earth.
User Score
Universal acclaim
Based on 4,947 User Ratings
8.5
88% Positive
4350 Ratings
4350 Ratings
6% Mixed
303 Ratings
303 Ratings
6% Negative
294 Ratings
294 Ratings
User Score
Universal acclaim
Based on 4,947 User Ratings
8.5
88% Positive
4350 Ratings
4350 Ratings
6% Mixed
303 Ratings
303 Ratings
6% Negative
294 Ratings
294 Ratings
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Interstellar may not be perfect, but tent-pole filmmaking with such ambition and grandeur is always worth celebrating.
The movie is “Gravity” cubed, an epic of space travel and human destiny that swings by Saturn, slingshots through a wormhole, and pinballs across a handful of planets on its way to a rendezvous with infinity, conveniently located inside a black hole.
Interstellar is riddled with ridiculisms; the but how comes … never stop. And yet: Nolan, a notoriously chilly filmmaker who’s never shown much faculty with matters of the heart, is pinning that heart squarely on his sleeve.
Thankfully in space, no one can hear you yawn.
Promising outer-space majesty and deep-thought topics like some modern variation on Stanley Kubrick's “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Interstellar instead plays like a confused mix of daringly unique space-travel footage like you’ve never seen and droningly familiar emotional and plot beats that you’ve seen all too many times before.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Consider this quote:
"Though I speak with the tongue of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand... all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."
This is part of a quote from the 1966 Russian classic Andrei Rublev, which is my favourite film from legendary filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. In this moment we hear our protagonist performing a sermon of sorts, about the significance of love, and how life is meaningless without it. In this scene we see the camera shift in and out, from Anatoly Solonitsyn‘s consistently phenomenal acting, to the beautiful imagery of snow falling near the church. Andrei has previously had an encounter which has caused him to ponder over what it means to love, and this moment is nothing more than a projection of his newfound occupation. Notice how Tarkovsky effortlessly hints to poignant themes in his films? Whilst some of these ideas may be far less subtle (such as the Stalker’s outlook on faith in Stalker), in just one beautiful moment, he lays out his ideas in ways that are both meaningful, impactful, and don’t require compromise from the narrative. Now take this quote from Interstellar:
"Love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space. Maybe we should trust that, even if we can't understand it."
At this point in the film, the crew is deciding on which of the two potential planets is the most likely to result in success, and Anne Hathaway’s character, is trying to convince them that the second option is better. Her partner is on that planet, and she holds the belief that, just because he is most likely dead, yet she still feels compelled to go there (because of love), then that is significant justification for them to risk the entire fate of humanity. Naturally the other two character’s dismiss her, deciding instead to go to Professor Mann’s planet, and what ensues is an entire section of the film which serves no purpose other than to prove that; "love was the right choice. You guys chose wrong you idiots". My point is, if Nolan is so desperate to convey that the main theme is love, surely there were better ways to go about doing so? These quotes feel like they were ripped straight out of a Terence Malick film, but without the powerful imagery to convey these points. Nolan is making a sci-fi epic, and at that he excels, however for whatever reason he is torn between the decision to focus on the sci-fi elements and the main theme of love, and in trying to connect them his narrative has only suffered. In his attempt to make this theme as clear as possible, Nolan sacrifices a significant portion of his dialogue. On top of receiving endless amounts of exposition that explain the nuances of the many different scientific aspects, we have this idea shoved down our throats in the form of even more exposition, and an entire section of the film. Furthermore, at many points of key dialogue, Hans Zimmer’s brilliant but deafening score continuously escalates. This, combined with cooper’s muffled voice, the forced idea that love is the only true power in the universe, and Nolan’s infamously bad sound mixing, all result in me personally losing all interest and my sense of immersion. I suppose there are others who enjoy this, and to them I ask; do you think interstellar would be a better or worse film if Nolan didn’t attempt to experiment with themes? I personally wish that he had chosen to focus on what he does best, but in the end it is all subjective.
The film isn’t all bad. I especially love the whole 'waves' subplot. Zimmer’s ticking score can be heard every time a year of Earth’s time goes by, which adds to the suspense felt by your subconscious. As everyone will already know., the visuals are extremely impressive, and do wonders for the spectacle Nolan is attempting to achieve. The following scene where Cooper has to watch his children grow old is heartbreaking and brilliant, and by far my favourite moment in the movie. In fact, the performances from McConaughey and Chastain are both great, and are part of what carries the film to as high a score as I’m willing to give.
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Movie's score/soundtrack is wayyy too loud for this movie, the director should have made a decision to edit this but no.. this entire movie should stop distribution, have the sound track more leveled and turned down about 7-18% and recut. Terrible score in this movie.. movie plot thought is great just taken away by the insanely loud music
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures,
Warner Bros.,
Legendary Entertainment,
Syncopy,
Lynda Obst Productions,
Government of Alberta, Alberta Media Fund,
Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið
Release Date Nov 5, 2014
Duration 2 h 49 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 6 Wins & 12 Nominations
