In the near future around the American Midwest, Cooper, an ex-science engineer and pilot, is tied to his farming land with his daughter Murph and son Tom. As devastating sandstorms ravage Earth’s crops, the people of Earth realize their life here is coming to an end as food begins to run out. Eventually stumbling upon a N.A.S.A. base near Cooper’s home, he is asked to go on a daring mission with a few other scientists into a wormhole because of Cooper’s scientific intellect and ability to pilot aircraft unlike the other crew members. In order to find a new home while Earth decays, Cooper must decide to either stay, or risk never seeing his children again in order to save the human race by finding another habitable planet.
Movies about astronauts and their space missions are not usually my cup of tea, but this movie is something special…
What more can you ask out of this movie: space exploration done in an interesting way, apocalypse on earth, emotions, time manipulation, amazing visuals, the musical score, likeable acting from everybody, great characters you care about and the fact that half of this movie is shot on IMAX cameras so you get a full screen crystal clear colorful image whenever the aspect ratio changes from normal to IMAX. I just wish that the entire movie was shot that way. This movie got off to a very slow start and I would include it into my negatives, but that slow start is because of character building so when they go out into space you fear for the survival of people on earth but then you’re also wondering will the astronauts find a new planet fast enough and will they ever see their families again, and for that reason, the slow pace is in my positives instead of my negatives.
Do I have any negatives with this movie? Again, absolutely not! Christopher Nolan has written and directed yet another great movie which you can’t pick apart because it’s so good. Sure, you can view the slow pace in the beginning as a negative and quit watching the movie because it’s too boring and I can understand that, but, trust me, it’s worth the wait. I’m giving this movie 10/10*!
Director: Christopher Nolan
Written by: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, Mackenzie Foy, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Runtime: 169 minutes
