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Interstellar

Play trailer 2:31 Poster for Interstellar PG-13 2014 2h 45m Sci-Fi Adventure Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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73% Tomatometer 373 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.
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Critics Consensus

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.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 09/27/2024
5/5
[A] gorgeous, heartbreaking epic. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide The Times (UK) 04/04/2023
Staggeringly beautiful, bafflingly complex, this is proper event cinema. Go to Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online 09/01/2017
B-
With all the rampant think pieces questioning the probability of every science fiction film that comes out, it's comforting to across a movie that doesn't really claim to have any of the answers. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 2
3/4
Deeply flawed but also wholly absorbing, Interstellar further marked writer-director Christopher Nolan as one of our most ambitious, go-for-broke directors, unafraid to attempt Sistine Chapel ceilings while his fellow filmmakers are working with Crayolas. Go to Full Review Paul Emmanuel Enicola The Movie Buff 02/26/2025
While detractors have often accused Nolan of being all brains and no heart, “Interstellar” shows that his intellect and his emotions are not at odds—they are inextricably linked. Go to Full Review Akhil Arora AkhilArora.com 10/17/2023
Humbling and epic in scope, designed and conceptualised brilliantly, but a tad too stand-off-ish emotionally. While the father-daughter dynamic works in parts, the Cooper–Brand relationship is never given the right treatment and collapses. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Dimitri B Jun 1 Damn fine film. Watch it. See more Cameron B Mar 25 My favorite movie experience thus far. It’s been over a year and still thinking about it. Wish they gave out the souvenir 70mm strips, would have been priceless. See more Tyler Mar 15 Interstellar is not just a movie, it’s an odyssey. From action to tension, the story shows the resilience of humanity across time and space. Wonderful movie. See more julio Mar 13 THE BEST MOVIE EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD, HANDS DOWN! See more Christopher R Feb 4 Amazing to see on IMAX See more Paul T Feb 1 Top 5 movie of all time. FLAWLESS 🔥🔥🔥 See more Read all reviews
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Christopher Nolan

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Matthew McConaughey

Cooper

Anne Hathaway

Amelia Brand

Jessica Chastain

Murph

Michael Caine

Professor Brand

Bill Irwin

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Movie Info

Synopsis In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Producer
Emma Thomas, Lynda Obst
Screenwriter
Jonathan Nolan
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Lynda Obst Productions, Syncopy
Rating
PG-13 (Some Intense Perilous Action|Brief Strong Language)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 7, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 24, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$188.0M
Runtime
2h 45m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital