Interstellar
NZ release: 05 November 2014
Offensive language Rated on: 23 October 2014
What’s it about?
When Earth starts becoming uninhabitable, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
The facts
- Directed by Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, David Oyelowo, and Mackenzie Foy
- English language
- Runtime: 169 minutes
- Received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, and 4 nominations
Why did it get this rating?
This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Frightening scenes
Interstellar is an emotionally intense sci-fi drama that explores themes of survival, time, and human connection. Set in a future where Earth is dying, a former pilot joins a space mission to find a new home for humanity. The film features frightening scenes, including astronauts stranded near a black hole where time moves differently. Suspenseful music adds to the intensity.
Violence
A man is swept away and killed by a massive tidal wave, with his dead body shown floating in the water fully clothed in a spacesuit.
Two people die in explosions, but no blood is shown.
There is a sequence where two astronauts fight. One cracks the oxygen mask of the other, hoping to kill him, but he survives and prevails.
Offensive language
This film contains offensive language, with words like “sh*t,” “b*tch,” and “a*s.” At one point, a man calls another man a “f**king coward.”
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