Interstellar and women in science - warning spoilers!

I saw the new blockbuster Interstellar this weekend. I didn't really care for the talk of love transcending time and space, all the 'them' talk, and a bit of scientific errors discussed elsewhere. Other than these small flaws, I really liked the movie overall and even more I loved the treatment of women in science in this movie, and I'm not the only one!

In #Interstellar: Of the leading characters (all of whom are scientists or engineers) half are women. Just an FYI.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014

The movie starts out with this ex-pilot Cooper stuck in the life of a farmer who gets a life altering opportunity to go pilot a mission outside our solar system and save the world. His young daughter he left behind eventually trains under the mission supervisor and basically becomes a physicist. Murph and Brand work together to solve the problem of relativity and eventually, as with any training relationship, she outgrows him and realizes his shortcomings. She then becomes the focal point of the movie and she ultimately saves the world! I LOVED this twist! Looking back, you realize that the movie starts and ends based on her timeline, not his. What's more, the narration throughout told through clips of elderly people, includes the old Murph we see at the end of the movie. She is really the central character, not her dad. This fact becomes obvious when Cooper returns and finds the space station named 'Cooper'. He seems honored for a moment and remarks that it is named after him. The guide quickly corrects him - the station has been named in honor of his daughter!