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Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed, co-written and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, and Michael Caine. It premiered in TCL Chinese Theatre on October 26, 2014, and opened in cinemas on November 5, 2014 in United States before November 7, 2014 in United Kingdom.

Plot
In 2067, in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, and Earth is about to become really uninhabitable, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot Cooper is asked to pilot a spacecraft along with a team of researchers to find a new planet for humans.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The idea of finding a new planet before the whole Earth becomes uninhabitable is very original, and it was executed very well.
 * 2) Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway give performances as Joseph Cooper and Amelia Brand.
 * 3) Fictional planet themes like a water-land and winter-like planet were well created.
 * 4) Amazing visual, and CGI effects for Endurance, making the whole CGI effects look incredibly real.
 * 5) The screenplay is well written.
 * 6) Lots of epic, and thriller scenes throughout, such as a scene where they landed on a water planet and tries to escape from the tallest water wave scene.
 * 7) Great acting from Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, etc..
 * 8) Amazing direction by Christopher Nolan as always.
 * 9) Wonderful score by Hans Zimmer.
 * 10) Amazing cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema.
 * 11) "The end of the Earth will not be the end of us."
 * 12) *"Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here."
 * 13) "We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt."
 * 14) *"Mankind’s next step will be our greatest."
 * 15) The ending is heartwarming.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Dr. Hugh Mann is a bland, and dislikable antagonist.

Reception
Interstellar received positive-to-universal acclaim from critics and audiences for its screenplay, direction, themes, visual effects, musical score, emotional depth, acting, and ambition. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 72% approval rating based on 360 reviews, with an average rating of 7.07/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Interstellar represents more of the thrilling, thought-provoking, and visually resplendent filmmaking moviegoers have come to expect from writer-director Christopher Nolan, even if its intellectual reach somewhat exceeds its grasp.". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100 based on 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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Trivia

 * This was the first film not to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (while they do in international) since The Prestige.
 * Matt Damon later gives performance of Mark Watney from The Martian.
 * Stephen Spielberg was originally going to be directed Interstellar, but after Spielberg moved his production studio DreamWorks from Paramount to Walt Disney Studios in 2009, Paramount needed a new director for Interstellar. Jonathan Nolan recommended his brother Christopher, who joined the project in 2012.

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