Review of Interstellar (2014) by Rox22 — 25 Jan 2016

At the end of the day, this is a movie. Whether or not the science behind it is realistic or not is irrelevant. As a movie it is meant to entertain. Does it do that? Here and there.

The movie does have a clever premise, but it also feels like the writers dumbed it down a bit too much. Pacing is slug like at times. It takes way to long for the movie to go anywhere, and when it does, it does so in sporadic bursts.

While the story is an interesting one, it is far too predictable. No real surprises. It feels like this was done deliberately to ensure a broader audience could follow the narrative.

Matthew McConaughey does do his very best. In fact I kinda think he overdid it at times. I give him credit, he knows how to cry on queue. Other than him, none of the other cast were memorable.

Overall:

Interstellar is a good idea that just was far too dull the way it was executed. Either do the Hollywood thing, or do the artsy thing. Don't try to do both.