Interstellar Movie Ending... Explained

INTERSTELLAR - Movie Endings Explained (2014) Christopher Nolan, Matthew McConaughey Michael Caine sci-fi film

Movie endings, they're usually pretty straight forward right? Everything pays off, the main characters learn something, and our heroes ride off into the sunset. Sometimes though, we don't get the typical ending from a movie, we get something much more nuanced, complex and open ended. The kind of endings that leave things up in the air for all of us to debate and theorise on until we're blue in the face. With Movie Endings Explained, we aim to delve into some of the more ambiguous and mysterious endings to films that have left audiences scratching their heads for years, and to attempt to explain them. In most cases, a definitive answer isn't really there, so we definitely want to hear from YOU on how you interpret the various endings we'll be discussing with this series.

This time, we enter the wormhole of Christopher Nolan's 2014 science fiction epic INTERSTELLAR. After successfully tackling various genres in his inimitable big budget blockbuster style, Nolan took to the stars for this time-and-space bending melodrama. Like any Nolan movie, it fared well at the box office and with critics, but not all were quick to heap praise onto his latest magnum opus. The third act and indeed the ending of INTERSTELLAR left little to be desired for some movie goers, with some flat out balking at the film's outlandish conclusion (following a solid two hours of fairly plausible and theoretically sound science) and others simply not understanding it.

So let's discuss the film's fantastical ending, set inside a mysterious tesseract, and much like Matthew McConaughey's Cooper, we'll float around, musing as to what it all means!

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[hozey]

“Don’t let me leave Murph” that scene legit almost made me cry

[smashit]

The 23years scene broke my heart, i feel so sorry for the man alone, 23 years, in a spaceship.

[JM-xynl]

i was literally shook when he got to the fifth dimension and we find out he was the ghost, it changed my whole perspective of the movie and blew my mind. This film was amazing and i cant believe i only just watched it now 4 almost 5 years later

[markcruz]

“Because my dad promised me..”
I’m a dad myself..it gets me everytime..😭

[Jacob_frye]

I wish if I can just erase this movie completely from my memory so I can watch it all over again and get to experience "the first watching it" again and keep erasing it and rewatching it indefinitely..

[valentinaiakovidou]

You can't just create a sci fi movie that includes drama and explains some laws of physik-
Interstellar: Hold my tesseract

[EvanYoungMusic]

This movie was robbed of ALL awards... And Hans Zimmer's score blew my mind.

[Mmss]

This movie and its music changed my perspective towards Life. This movie is ahead of its time.

[codychristian]

I cry every time I watch it. Best movie ever. 11/10

[rajarajanmanoharan]

Can't believe the score didn't win an Oscar that year.

[dougstyles]

Such an original masterpiece. Every aspect of this film is mind blowing.

[thirdeyefocus]

Imagine being on a new planet alone, thinking that you may be the last woman alive and need to save humanity.

[gabihill]

For me, it's the music, it's so amazing, just beyond what I can describe. The movie is also incredible and awesome plot.

[sankarmca]

I ciried when murph said... "Because My Dad Promised me..."

[concretgod]

The docking scene is the best scene in the whole movie. "it's not possible" "no, it's necessary"!

[wayne]

I wouldn't say Dr Mann lost his mind, he was just a coward. He realized his planet was not sustainable so he sent out a thumbs up signal so someone would think the planet was good and so rescue him. His shame and cowardice caused him to try and abandon the team.

[PaladinMtheth]

Wow, it doesn't seem like it's been four years since Interstellar was released. My wife and I had our first child, my daughter, last year. Watching this video now really had a profound emotional impact on me because it made me remember the whole movie and view it through the perspective of a father. It really makes me reevaluate what McConaughey's character had to go through.

[dr.berryfx]

"Don't go gently into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
-Dr John Brand
I N T E R S T E L L A R

[THETHPHANTOM]

2014... seems like the movie came out this year in my mind. really, 2014? not even 2017?
one year used to look like 10 years once, now 4 years feels like 6 months.

[nay]

I have to admit, the family reunion felt weird. His grandchildren didn't even blink at the sight of a living hero. "Hey, Churchill just arrived in the room, and he happens to be your grandpa !"... who gives a damn?
Not even the young children were curious to see the ancestor they learned about at school, and probably the guy who caused them to hear "oh cooper, are you related to this famous...." their whole life.


Its as if Yuri Gagarin or Albert Einstein came back to life after finding the cure for cancer while reversing global warming, with the grown up kids going "oh no, i don't know this guy, stay away from me... creep. Yeah, go kiss mama goodbye because you are related, but don't you TOUCH my kids.... i'm watching !".