150 Word Review: 'Interstellar' (2014)
Out of time
Christopher Nolan is a director of cerebral but stylish blockbusters, but he’s a secret softie, and that’s why Interstellar is his most dramatically successful movie. His other films aspire to opera, but they’re all too chilly. Only this one gets close to being a tearjerker.
His efforts are aided by Matthew McConaughey, at the peak of his lanky, sensitive cowboy powers. As Cooper, he plays a dad who goes on a mission into space to save a dying Earth, leaving his family behind. Interstellar has the right mix of time weirdness, intricate plotting, and human vulnerability. The action is intense, and the father-daughter relationship is tender. Nolan touches the face of Kubrick in this movie; the special effects are dazzling yet grounded.
Anne Hathaway is excellent as a no-nonsense scientist with an annoying secret. There’s a cameo that distracts, but otherwise Interstellar is Nolan at his most sincere and schmaltzy.
#ICYMI 150 Word Review: ‘Tenet’ (2020)
WHAT how is this a new review?!? Also, seeing this whole film boiled down into a tight 150 (-ish?) words reminds me of just how little that actually is. You didn't even mention the thing! Or the other thing!!