Interstellar Review: Is this the best sci-fi movie?

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

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Interstellar review

Interstellar Review: Is this the best sci-fi movie?

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

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Interstellar review

Visually Reviewed rate Interstellar a 10/10

10/10

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Directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar is one of the most thought-provoking, boldest and most ambitious sci-fi movies ever. With such an incredible cast, there’s no surprise that Christopher and Jonathan Nolan get deep and intimate with character detail. The highlight for us is the last 15 minutes where the whole story begins to unravel it all and will without a doubt blow your mind. From start to finish, the cinematography and visual effects throughout make Interstellar a visual masterpiece. Interstellar will forever be considered one of the greatest space sci-fi movies of all time.

Interstellar

In Earth’s future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth’s population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind’s new home.

Release Date: 7 November 2014
Length: 2h 49m
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure
Parental Rating: PG-13
Approx. Budget: $165,000,000
Approx. Net: $700,000,000
Director(s): Christopher Nolan
Writer(s): Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Star(s): Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Official Website: Warner Bros. Pictures / Interstellar
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Release Date:
7 November 2014
Length:
2h 49m
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Adventure
Parental Rating:
PG-13
Approximate Budget:
$165,000,000
Approximate Net:
$700,000,000
Director(s):
Christopher Nolan
Writer(s):
Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Star(s):
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Official Website:
Warner Bros. Pictures / Interstellar

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Interstellar review: Our thoughts

In 2067, crop blights and dust storms threatened humanity’s survival. A crew of astronauts are sent to travel to the other end of the galaxy to find a new habitable planet to call home. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar is one of the most thought-provoking, boldest and most ambitious sci-fi movies ever.

With the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, and Matt Damon, there’s no surprise that Christopher and Jonathan Nolan get deep and intimate with character detail. Despite the nearly three-hour-long visually stunning space voyage, the Nolan brothers manage to beautifully portray the values of a father-daughter relationship and maintain the thought that mankind can overcome the impossible.

Our highlight of this mind-blowing movie was towards the end. As you’re left speechless still trying to piece together the thought-provoking story, the last 15 minutes begin to unravel it all and will without a doubt blow your mind. We promise this is a movie you will never forget and will forever be considered one of the greatest space sci-fi movies of all time.

From start to finish, the cinematography and visual effects throughout make Interstellar a visual masterpiece. At the 87th Academy Awards, the film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Production Design.

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