Gattaca

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Hawke stars as Vincent, an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel. more

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Posted: Jan-06-2009

Gattaca

This is a great movie. I have seen it several times. I use it when I teach my genetics unit and the students really like it, because of its modern ators/actresses and its twisting plot.

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Posted: Dec-14-2008

Great, but Tainted by Cheesy Dialogue in Final Reel

This movie is taut, gripping, intriguing, wonderful. It makes its point in such an understated way, which some take to be boring, but I found riveting. A lot of movies seem to have so little respect for the audience, just relentlessly clubbing us over the head with hackneyed symbolism and...

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Posted: Dec-01-2008

Special Edition improves on an excellent production

Gattaca is a superb motion picture, less science-fiction or political commentary than a compelling invitation to ponder old social metaphors in new ways.On the surface, Gattaca is visually stunning, emotionally evocative, and yet subtle -- a mix of whodunit and drama that asks viewers to think...

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Posted: Nov-19-2008

Beautifully shot

This movie is really really good-looking. It is essentially a murder mystery wrapped in science-fiction coating. Ethan Hawke plays an over-ambitious man who dreams of becoming an astronaut. Jude Law extracts pity as a crippled man confined to a wheelchair. The movie's message is that a child's...

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Posted: Oct-02-2008

The Historical Roots to this Film

To understand Gattaca, it helps to know a little history.About a century ago, progressives took up what the New York Times in 1912 called the "wonderful new science" of eugenics. Because of improvements in medicine and public health, eugenists said, the "unfit" were having more children than the...

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Posted: Sep-19-2008

Fascinating Futuristic Science Fiction Drama

"Gattaca" was originally released in 1997 with very little publicity, but instantly collected a dedicated fanbase. Today, two decades later, the growing fanbase of this science fiction drama has dubbed it one of the most creative and unique perspectives on the future, and they're right.Director...

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Posted: Aug-04-2008

A Classic!

I agree with the other reviewer, "I never saved anything for the swim back!" is the answer to Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, or to a genetic-manipulated world that we are now making. I own the DVD version, and now the blu-ray version. The 1080p detail is astonishing! Every time with my wife,...

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Posted: Jul-28-2008

anything is possible!

This movie will have you on the edge of your seat, its got suspense, sci fi, with a touch of brave new world. this is not far fetched sci fi at all. this is more or less within our reach now. this movie packs in a powerful life lessons that science cannot always predict everything and that...

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Posted: Jul-20-2008

LOVE THIS MOVIE

Great Movie, Wanted to see this again, so I thought I should buy on Blu-ray. Great picture quality, and love the movie. very different from most movies out there. Interesting take on the future of humanity.

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Posted: Jul-12-2008

Science fiction at its best, a modern version of Huxley's "Brave New World"

Gattaca really makes you wonder about the moral and ethical consequences of genetic engineering, and the risks of mankind playing God. This is science fiction at its best. In a nutshell, Gattaca is the modern version of Aldous Huxley's science fiction classic novel Brave New World (1932).As...

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