Christopher Nolan: Ranking His Films From Worst To Best
6. Interstellar
After a lengthy period of hype and intense speculation, Interstellar has now arrived in cinemas. Hailed by the majority of Nolanites as another bona fide winner but criticised in some quarters for failing to live up to the directors best work, Nolans latest film has provoked the kind of debate and discussion that typifies his output. Matthew McConaughey plays the part of Cooper, a former NASA test pilot and reluctant farmer struggling to raise his two children in a world afflicted by blight and dust storms. With the future of humanity looking decidedly bleak, the discovery of a wormhole near Saturn sends Cooper and a team of scientists on a mission into the unknown to seek out a new habitable planet before its too late. There is much to talk about with Interstellar unquestionably a good thing in a cinematic landscape overrun with lightweight popcorn fare. In an interview prior to the films release, Nolans leading man McConaughey said of the director, I believe he's constantly letting his reach exceed his grasp, and thats the problem with the film in a nutshell. The visuals are often stunning, McConaughey is predictably top drawer and there is much to enjoy, but Nolans laudable ambition is a hindrance that suffocates the plot in oblique science and a muddy narrative. Rumours that the director had found a warmer side and that Interstellar is his most personal, emotional film to date are well-founded and welcome, but some of his bad habits murky sound mix, exposition overkill are also in evidence. Interstellar isnt a match for Nolan at his best, but its more than a match for most films of such scale.
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