Interstellar
A desperate astronaut leaves a collapsing Earth to search the cosmos for humanity's last habitable refuge while time threatens to sever his bond with his children.
Overview
A journey through the cosmos to save humanity unfolds in this breathtaking adventure.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- awe-filled
- melancholic
- urgent
- immersive movie night
- science fiction marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's ambition, visual achievement, scientific imagination, and emotional performances, while finding its grand scale and explanatory dialogue uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The mission depends on a wormhole, time dilation, spacecraft engineering, and scientific explanations for humanity's survival.
Cooper's departure from Murph turns interstellar exploration into an intimate family conflict across radically different experiences of time.
The film presents wormholes, alien planets, black-hole phenomena, and space travel with monumental imagery and widescreen spectacle.
Dust, famine, drought, and Earth's declining habitability motivate the expedition and give the scientific mission global urgency.
Films like Interstellar, and why
2001: A Space Odyssey
shared hard science fiction, space exploration, existential stakes, and awe-inspiring visual spectacle
The Martian
shared interstellar survival mission, scientific problem-solving, isolation, and emotionally intense human drama
Inception
shared Nolan-style layered time concepts, intimate family stakes, and ambitious science fiction spectacle
Ad Astra
shared epic space travel, parent-child separation, and melancholic reflections on humanity's future
Movie Details
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Release Date
- 2014-11-05
- Runtime
- 169 min
- Rating
- 8.5 / 10 (41315)
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey
- Anne Hathaway
- Michael Caine
- Jessica Chastain
- Casey Affleck
- Wes Bentley
- Topher Grace
- Mackenzie Foy
- Ellen Burstyn
- John Lithgow
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Interstellar about?
- A desperate astronaut leaves a collapsing Earth to search the cosmos for humanity's last habitable refuge while time threatens to sever his bond with his children.
- What is Interstellar like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Interstellar as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Interstellar violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Interstellar as mild.
- What did critics think of Interstellar?
- Critics broadly praised the film's ambition, visual achievement, scientific imagination, and emotional performances, while finding its grand scale and explanatory dialogue uneven.
- Which films are like Interstellar?
- Films with a similar feel include 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Martian, Inception, and Ad Astra.
- How long is Interstellar?
- Interstellar runs 169 minutes.
- Where can I watch Interstellar?
- In United States, Interstellar streams on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
