I know many would think that a review about a movie that premiered 5 years ago and that was and is very popular might not be necessary, and they may be right, however, there are people who have not seen even more famous films than Interstellar, like me. The main reason why I wanted to make this review about Interstellar is because I had many expectations about this film, which I did not see when it was released, and that I have postponed for inexplicable reasons, however, today corresponds the 100th review with the current format, so I wanted to review a movie that was very good and that I had not seen yet, and Interstellar seemed the right one.

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Year: 2014 Category: Science Fiction. Director: Christopher Nolan. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, John Lithgow, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Timothée Chalamet, Wes Bentley, Bill Irwin, Josh Stewart, Topher Grace, David Gyasi, Leah Cairns, David Oyelowo, Collette Wolfe, William Devane, Elyes Gabel.

Plot

Set in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for humanity.

Opinion

I will not talk much about the plot but rather about the technical aspects and what the film conveyed to me, because delve into the plot is impossible without spoilers, which I do not want, people do not read reviews to tell a movie, read a review with the aim of knowing if the time they intend to dedicate to a movie will be worth it, not everyone can afford it, no matter how good the experience is, to see a film without knowing what they will see before.

The story begins showing a world in collapse, civilization is no longer sustainable, the environment has become quite hostile, which generates bad harvests and problems to provide humanity with food, and although it does not show the different cities of the world the problem it's global, it's not just America.

In that scenario, Joseph Cooper, a former NASA pilot who is now a farmer, lives with his two children and his father on the family farm, facing the same problems as the rest of the population, however, one day his daughter Murphy begins to detect a strange behavior in the bookcases of her room, apparently, according to her, a ghost tries to communicate. Cooper first does not pay attention to it, however, he witness for himself what happens in Murphy's room inferring that the phenomenon was the result of some gravity variations, and obtaining a series of coordinates from some patterns detected in the dust of the room that are generated by the same gravity variations.

The discovery leads Cooper and Murphy to find a secret NASA station, where scientists, surprised by the fact Cooper found that place, ask him a series of questions. After a conversation between Cooper and Professor Brand, who seems to be in charge of the location management, he proposes Cooper to take an intergalactic trip with the intention of saving humanity.

So what we see in the film after the first minutes is what I personally would call a mixture of some of the main films of the genre, I speak of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Armageddon, The Martian, Contact, but directed by Christopher Nolan.

The film has a very powerful audiovisual language and although it plays with physical theories in a way that is almost pure fiction instead of science, the film tries to be more a catalyst of emotions taking situations to the extreme. That's where I see that the film has a lot of affinity with the films I mentioned before, including also with Arrival, a film I talked about before, and I'm not saying it's a copy but it has fragments that are very similar to the movies that I mentioned, it is as if them were a source of inspiration,most probably Nolan knew each of these movies before filming Interstellar.

The direction work is great, the script is very good, however, I feel that fails in the end, the story takes a twist that does not attend the reality of the same story, but reflects the director's need for the film to connect with the audience, and try to inspire more hope than pessimism.

The performances are magnificent, the cast is spectacular, all the actors did their work in a great way, none of them at any time, maybe there are some who are a little more lazy than others, but in general, the acting work is between acceptable and very good.

In short, a great film, quite emotional, and that manages to capture part of the essence that moves humanity, and its contradictions, because on the one hand we destroy our ecosystem, while at the same time we try to ensure our survival, until this enters in conflict with our feelings.

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Score

9/10

Film really recommended, any viewer can spend an excellent time watching this film, which is technically correct, excellently directed, and has great performances. Maybe some, most, do not fully understand the ending, but still enjoy the film, and this is mainly because Nolan does a great job from the point of view of the staging and audiovisual language. If you are from Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden or Switzerland, you can find it available in the Netlfix catalog when this review is published.