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Christopher Nolan's 2014 epic sci-fi saga Interstellar still resonates among millions more than a decade after its release - not only movie fanatics but also the masses that take keen interest in space, science, and physics. The Matthew McConaughey classic is more than just a story of survival and the search for a habitable land to host the future generations.
Interstellar is a journey of struggle bound by love - a portrayal of how the strength of family stands when it comes to facing the worst. According to the late aerospace engineer Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr.'s law, commonly known as Murphy's Law:
"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."
The statement is a rather satirical expression (basically an epigram) that has found its way into real life scenarios and even movies. The name of the daughter (Murph) of Interstellar's protagonist Cooper might thus be a subtle nod to the famous law, given the fact how her arc concludes as she saves humanity despite so many bad things happening.
It was destiny that brought her to decipher her father's morse code message from the watch and she eventually found a new home for Earth's inhabitants. Cooper fought against all odds along with his daughter Murph, and whatever could happen (or go wrong) did happen to eventually show them the right path - the Murphy's Law!
Why is the name Murph significant in Interstellar? Murphy's Law reference explained
The Murphy's Law statement might sound a bit pessimistic to the readers at first but its foundation is deep-rooted in the basic laws of physics. Errors happen in our everyday lives, and things go wrong all the time as we are a part of an immensely large and complex system - the universe.
There is a high chance that if something can go wrong, it will tend to go wrong or, maybe, it definitely will. But Interstellar reshaped this rather negative (though absolutely logical) expression to give birth to one of the best science fiction dramas of all time, thanks to Christopher Nolan's creative genius.
The strong visual delivery is definitely what drives the plot of Interstellar but the script is the heart and soul of the movie. To revisit one of the best lines delivered by Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey):
"Murphy’s Law doesn’t mean that something bad will happen. It means that whatever can happen, will happen."
Cooper says this to daughter Murphy as a dystopian future awaits the world and the latter blames her name to be kind of a bad omen. Cooper beautifully portrays Murphy's Law, adding that it does not mean only bad things are going to happen.
The scene shifts the focus on Murph, who eventually turns out to be the protagonist of the sci-fi journey. Her character not only portrays strength (as she had to accept her father going to space in search of a new home, that too at such a young age), but also reflects the potential to take the lead.
Murph's keen interest in physics (thanks to her father) and science in general drives her to look for answers. She grows up and successfully comprehends the Morse code message her father had sent her from The Tesseract (a magical existence with five dimensions - one being time). The message was "Stay," by which Cooper meant his daughter should stay back on Earth - a rather emotional response and an attempt to change his past self's decision.
However, it is Cooper himself who later helps Murph with TARS' data that he obtained from the supermassive black hole Gargantua. It eventually helped Murph solve the gravity equation. All of this came at a cost - a father got separated from his daughter and son, and got stuck in the dark side of time dilation, losing years he could have spent with his family.
Now, bringing Murphy's Law in the picture - despite things going wrong and destiny awaiting her, Murph completes her father's genius work and becomes a savior for the future generations. The closing sequence of Interstellar shows an old Murph lying on her death bed in Cooper Station (a space station and habitat named after Cooper), where she finally meets her father.
It is the saddest and most unexpected scene from Interstellar where we witness a father younger than her daughter (due to a phenomenon called time dilation), who is counting her last moments with her family. Murph does not want her father to watch her pass, so she asks Cooper to go look for Dr. Brand (played by Anne Hathaway) - a rather emotional conclusion.
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