Interstellar

2014 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

Friday Night Flick

Why it’s a Friday Night Flick

Audiences adore it (8.5/10), people are still talking about it, it won an Oscar and it made about 5 times its budget. Make plans for this one.

Our take: Big-screen space epic with an emotional core about a father and daughter. Ambitious science and sincere feeling in equal measure.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Have you seen it?

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

How it earned its rating

CriticsSolid
73% on Rotten Tomatoes, 74 on Metacritic
AudiencesVery strong
8.5/10 from 42K viewers, plus 1 MMM member rating
AwardsStrong
2 wins, 4 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects; nominated for Academy Award for Best Production Design
Box office & staying powerStrong
$747 million worldwide on a $165 million budget
Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
4.1 million Wikipedia readers in the past year