Most of you are likely more familiar with Interstellar as the "space movie". You are probably also aware that Interstellar was directly inspired by 2001: Space Odyssey. Now, there's plenty of writing on this movie already. It is 50+ years old now, so I won't bore you with another "review" here.

I think you should watch this film for 3 reasons:

1. If you have never seen a Kubrick film, then just go watch this one. Kubrick is one of those artists that you can peer into his mind and see all of the idiosyncratic views about the world that is hard to find anywhere else.
   
   

2. This is a very beautiful film, and a very strange one. It's about 2.5 hours with only about 30 minutes of dialogue. You will get to experience a lot of beautiful visuals without exposition going on, which is unusual for most films made after the 2000s.
   
   

3. One of the strengths of Christopher Nolan is that he always explores big topics (we could chat at length about Interstellar!) but anchors it on specific relationships, like Cooper and his daughter, Murph. You also see him doing this other films, Inception (husband and wife), for example. 2001: A Space Odyssey is different. Kubrick turns the question about the evolution of humanity itself into something like a visual poem. I would say that it's more detached, but somehow it gives more room to just ponder.