Christopher Nolan's big-budgeted sci-fi movie "Interstellar" was released on November 7, starring Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Matthew McConaughey.
Robbie Collin of the Telegraph described the film as the "best and most brazenly ambitious film Nolan did to date," while according to film critic Tim Robey, the movie is close to being Nolan's "masterpiece."
McConaughey plays the role of Cooper in the movie, a widower who works as a NASA test pilot who was recruited to lead a team of astronauts, including Hathaway, to go on an interstellar exploration to find a new planet that can sustain life.
The movie, which veered from the roles that McConaughey was famous for portraying, was critically acclaimed with io9.com's Annalee Newitz saying the film was "the best and worst space opera you'll ever see."
According to Newitz, the visual impact of the movie was excellent, but it missed when it came to the portrayal of the story of humanity.
She added that watching "Interstellar" was like watching the collision of two separate movies.
"The result is a mess. But it's a beautiful mess," she wrote.
James Berardinelli of Reelviews, on the other hand, disagreed with Newitz view of the movie, saying that it was "not a space opera" but a "science-fiction movie."
"It presents a viable future in which space travel, while possible, is dangerous and uncertain," he said.
In addition, Berardinelli wrote that the movie was done in such a way that it "played chances with its endgame" and with a "wonderfully unpredictable narrative."
The Reelviews critic sang praises for McConaughey, writing that he was the "heart and soul of 'Interstellar,'" and the movie could give him another "opportunity for Academy recognition."
Meanwhile, Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice wrote that while the film had a "stellar" special effects, it was "lacking the human touch" and the cast did not "stand a shooting star's chance" in the movie."
Zacharek said McConaughey "wasn't acting but was super acting." In what was supposedly the most emotional scene in the movie, she said it was obvious the Oscar winner was "working the strings" and "turning it all on for show."
Meanwhile, Variety's Scott Foundas praised McConaughey's "beautiful performance" in the movie.
"His face a quicksilver mask of joy, regret and unbearable grief," Foundas wrote."
He added that Nolan was able to catch viewers off-guard in such a war that never felt "cheap or compromises the complex motivations of the characters."
Despite the minor differences in the opinions of critics, they all recommended the movie, which Newitz said as "one that I wouldn't want you to miss for the world."
