Interstellar (M)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
MIND blown.
If you’re looking for an epic film to take your troubled consciousness somewhere completely different for a couple of hours – or even three – then look no further.
Interstellar, with a reach as broad as the next galaxy, asks some very big questions indeed.
It’s a film that taps perfectly into the current American zeitgeist – in a world where the world still believes in America, why can’t America believe in itself?
Earth is dying, dust storms rage, plants won’t grow and people are about to suffocate.
NASA, space travel and even armies are but memories as the planet struggles to feed itself.
Matthew McConaughey is an ex-NASA pilot turned farmer who hates scratching in the dirt as he longs to look to the stars.
But unbeknownst to him, America is gearing up for one last shot at space.
A wormhole in space makes the journey to a new world possible… but relativity means there will be some very odd effects on time.
And if time travel movies give you a headache, best avoid this one like the plague.
Christopher Nolan has rounded up all the usual suspects from previous films – Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine (long time between drinks, Sir Michael) both get a run.
It’s a film about humanity, about love, and about the very place of our race in the universe.
You’ll either love it or hate it – and I choose love.
– Jason Beck
