Interstellar: Mini Review...

What's it about?
The earth is dying and it's up to test-pilot-turned-single-father/farmer Cooper to pilot one last mission through a black hole to search for a new home for mankind.
Who would I recognise in it?
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, and others.
Great/Good/Alright/Shite?
Christopher Nolan is big on ideas and even bigger on presentation, and his science-packed sci-fi is no different. The most common criticism levelled at Nolan has often been the apparent 'coldness' of his films, the extent of which is debatable, but Interstellar undoubtedly ups the heart factor - prepare to have your heartstrings plucked a few times (and wail "Murph!" like it was karaoke). Indeed, its this wrestling between the scientific head and the lovesick heart that provides much of the films dramatic backbone - at times a rocky relationship, but one which pays off when all is said and done. Set in a semi-dystopian future, the world still looks beautiful - aside from the 1930s-alike dust storms, and the inevitable selfishness of mankind that seeks to sleepwalk everyone into oblivion...

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