“Interstellar” is one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces ever created. Interstellar captures and cultivates its audience from the beginning.

This sci-fi drama is a must-watch for anyone who is interested in anything space and needs a good cry. Matthew McConaughey captivates the audience by playing Cooper, a troubled single dad who goes to space to save the human race. The structure of the storyline leaves the ending unpredictable and a mystery to the audience throughout the film. Interstellar accurately captures what a strong family feels and looks like. By the end credits, I had cried twice and felt truly connected to Cooper and his family.

McConaughey veered away from acting in rom-coms for this film; it was the best decision he could ever make for his career. Interstellar solidified him as one of the top dramatic actors today. I felt deeply for Cooper throughout the movie because McConaughey is such an invested actor and pulled all of his emotions to capture what Cooper was meant to feel in that moment.

“Interstellar won five Academy Awards for its score, visual effects, sound editing, production design, and sound mixing, and I can see why. The score makes the reader feel the emotions that Christopher Nolan wants the audience to feel. Hans Zimmer, the feature artist for the songs “Where we’re Going,” “S.T.A.Y.” and “No Time for Caution” progresses the feelings and story line to position the viewer to feel complex emotions.

Nolan, among many others, has created his greatest cinematic production with Interstellar with using cinematography to create an intimate feel and engage the viewers from beginning to end. To make the movie seem real, Nolan used only minimal computer-generated image, which improved the actors’ performances and made the movie look realistic.

The movie was made in 2015, but an audience who had no background information on the film would never know. It was a coming-of-age film that set up other great films to be creative because of its innovative style of cinematography.

I rate the film a ten out of ten, while it was only rated 73% on “Rotten Tomatoes”. The only reason this movie is rated so low is that it is ahead of its time, and reviewers at the time did not appreciate the cinematography, score, feature music, acting and overall plot.

While the film is rated PG-13, it is appropriate for preteens, but is a little heavier for younger children. Strong language and actions are used, but nothing too inappropriate for younger viewers.

Some prefer Titanic as their cry film, but my cry film is “Interstellar” all day long.