This
film begins on a future Earth where natural disasters and the resulting famines
have left mankind completely without faith in itself, to the point where the
government has begun to erase the accomplishments of science in order to keep
the surviving people concentrating on things like food production. In the
middle of all this, an ex-NASA pilot named Cooper is called upon by what is
left of that agency to fly a spaceship through a black hole that has been
discovered floating near Saturn in an attempt to find mankind a new place to
live. Leaving his family on a slowly dying Earth, he makes the voyage, only to
find that the miasma of deception has spread to the scientists involved in the mission
as well. So, left on their own and not knowing who they can trust, it is up to
Cooper and his team to do the seeming impossible. Find a new way for humanity
to survive.
Starring
Matthew McConaughey as Cooper, the rest of the incredible cast includes Anne
Hathaway, Michael Caine, and John Lithgow. There is a lot of scientific jargon in
this to do with time/space relativity, gravity, and singularities, so it may a
little difficult for the average layman to understand. However, if you are
willing to ignore the intellectual hyperbole and just enjoy the ride, it is an
adventure with a lot of sentimentality and a really unique robot. More than
anything else, this is a story about the bond between a parent and their child,
and the lengths that both will go to for the sake of the other. This is a long
movie (almost three hours), but the time goes fast as it is so interesting and
enthralling. There is a lot of action, but no erotica and very little strong
language. Good for a family night, though it may have to be split into two
parts for younger children.
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