Nolan is often criticised for writing poor female characters, and Interstellar has two more egregious examples: the aforementioned adult Murph and Cooper's fellow shipmate Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway). Though she initially seems like a sharp counter-point to Cooper, she plays her true hand soon thereafter when the crew are deciding which planet to fly to second: Mann or Edmunds. Brand argues strongly for Edmunds despite Cooper believing Mann to be the more likely prospect, before he forces her to reveal that she's in love with the scientist Edmunds, hence affecting her decision to want to go to his planet first. It's a silly moment that reduces Brand's character to a cliched "overly emotional female" stereotype, all the more difficult to believe given that these people are professional scientists and engineers, and should therefore appreciate the importance of keeping emotion out of the equation in favour of saving humanity. It's a cringe-worthy moment that at least subsides rather quickly. Still, it permanently stains Brand as a character, and she's never really likeable from that point on.
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