Review Roundup: Sci-Fi Thriller INTERSTELLAR Hits Theaters Today!

Matthew McConaughey stars in the sci-fi adventure film INTERSTELLAR, which opens nationwide today! The film was written by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan, with scientific consulting from theorectical physicist Kip Thorne.

The film is set in a future where Earth can no longer house human life. A team of astaurants are sent to discover a new habitable planet in order for humanity to continue. After finding a wormhole on their expedition, the space travelers realize humanity's only hope may be to cross galaxies and make new roots in the unknown.

INTERSTELLAR stars Matthew McConaughy, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Bill Irwin, and Ellen Burstyn.

Let's see what critics had to say!

A.O. Scott, New York Times: It may be enough to say that "Interstellar" is a terrifically entertaining science-fiction movie, giving fresh life to scenes and situations we've seen a hundred times before, and occasionally stumbling over pompous dialogue or overly portentous music.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: It's a praiseworthy mission and there are moments of genuine awe and majesty in "Interstellar," but there are just as many passages that play as if Nolan is less interested in value for the viewers than proving a point, whether about the arcana of quantum physics, his technical prowess or the enduring power of love.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: It's a mass audience picture that's intelligent as well as epic, with a sophisticated script that's as interested in emotional moments as immersive visuals.

Marshall Fine, Huffington Post: Despite plot weaknesses, the emotional moments - as big and bald as they are - do work, because of McConaughey, Foy and Chastain. That father-daughter bond - despite the barriers of distance and time - is the heart of this film, one that can't help but move you.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: knockout one minute, a punch-drunk crazy film the next, "Interstellar" is a highly stimulating mess.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Nolan has a deserved reputation for emotionally chilly work, but "Interstellar' surprises with a Spielberg-like warmth - it's basically a potent father-daughter love story at heart, even as the filmmaker explores "bigger" themes like the survival instinct and American exceptionalism.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: Interstellar is a muscular, ambitious film with bang-per-buck visuals that broadly make up for the moderate acting and toenail-extracting dialogue.

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: ...the film eventually feels like garbled signals sent across cinematic history. The film's heart - basically, that love can conquer the infinite - falls short, perhaps because Nolan ("The Dark Knight," "Inception") is one of our smartest filmmakers, but not our warmest.

Phil Plait, Slate: The special effects were breathtaking. Outstanding. But they can't carry a movie with leaden dialogue, obvious foreshadowing, ham-fisted philosophy, and a serious but misguided attempt to be deep.

Mara Reinstein, U.S. Weekly: Nolan...poses grand themes here, ranging from science vs. reason to man vs. nature. But the heavy-handed cerebral exposition - that culminates in a far-out and way-too-tidy climax - may just leave audiences wondering about the basic plot holes over the wormholes.

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