"You might have to decide between seeing your children again and the future of the human race." The Nolan's narration of a cosmic venture into the outskirts of the galaxy constantly reverberates epic proportions of storytelling and film making I have experienced to date; absolutely brilliant.

The film introduces a near-futuristic Earth; one which has been made precarious by the growing shortage in food (and the obvious regret and disapproval of the past expenditures spent on space exploration and the likes) and the general likelihood of humanity's decay to extinction. With this in mind, a group of scientists/explorers (led by Matthew McConaughey's Cooper) embark on an interstellar travel to find answers to humanity's survival which will result in either saving the world or ensuring the future of the human race.

Interstellar strikes a pleasant balance between the cerebral gymnastics your mind performs through the scientific aspects of the film while also allowing a region for the good old family loving you have come to know and (not so much in this context) relate to. McConaughey's performance of a seemingly everyday aerospace engineer/agricultural working/space piloting widowed father is done so well. Even though Cooper decides to leave his home in the hopes of finding a suitable planet capable of supporting life, his mind is fixed on returning to his children that he leaves behind. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), who is heading the "Lazarus" project exploration assures him that the Plan A they have devised of saving the Earth is possible, and they place hope in this. Meanwhile we discover that he had abandoned his own humanity in order to dedicate himself to the Plan B of beginning anew on a different planet by avoiding extinction (and ultimately accepting their own doom on Earth).

The entire trip from the planet and into the worm hole is visually appealing, heartfelt and captivating. The importance of their mission and that of time and relativity is interestingly emphasized with the reminder that "an hour down there is about 7 years back on Earth", which turns out to be about 23 years and 8 months when Cooper (Matthew) and Dr. Brand (Anne Hathaway) return from their voyage of visiting that specific planet. Cooper begins watching transmissions of recordings from his children, which depicts them from childhood right up into adulthood, where most (actually all except one) are from his son. 20 years worth of footage which brings Cooper to tears is moving and melancholy. The film progresses amazingly deeper beyond this point, but this is all I'm prepared to share for the sake of not spoiling.

All in all, Interstellar is a great spectacle; thrilling, riveting, and thoroughly scintillating. I may be saying all of this because of the post-movie feels I'm feeling. But hey, it's a great film.