Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 55
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 10
Intelligent and scientifically provocative, Gattaca is an absorbing sci fi drama that poses important interesting ethical questions about the nature of science.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5
Intelligent and scientifically provocative, Gattaca is an absorbing sci fi drama that poses important interesting ethical questions about the nature of science.
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New Zealand screenwriter Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) made his feature directorial debut with this science fiction drama, set in a future when one's life is determined by genetic engineering rather than education or experience. The wealthy can choose the genetic makeup of their descendants. People are designed to fit into whatever role is decided before birth. But what happens when someone desires another way of life? Citizens in this impersonal future-world are fashioned as perfect
Oct 24, 1997 Wide
May 5, 1998
Columbia Pictures
All Critics (55) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (10) | DVD (29)
I didn't care enough about Hawke's character to ignore a big problem in the story's logic: if this future has such incredible biotechnology, why can't Law just get his damaged body parts fixed?
One of first Hollywood films about the effects of genetic engineering on human conduct, Andrew Niccol's directing debut is an intelligent and timely sci-fi that, despite some illogical plot contrivances, is emotionally engaging almost up to the end.
Designer babies rule dystopia in stylish SF thriller filled with recycled plot devices.
It's far too serious to be taken seriously.
At a time when we read about cloned sheep and tomatoes crossed with fish, the science in Gattaca is theoretically possible.
An impressively fine-tuned first feature from Andrew Niccol.
has enough suspense and pacing to stand as a thriller, but more than enough philosophical and moral questions to make it intellectually stimulating
It predicts the way the world would change in 2001--and how our films would reflect that change.
Ripe for reappraisal...the storytelling integrity and thoughtful themes of a good novel.
The sleek, handsome look makes the most of a limited budget to create the cold, emotionless surface of a world where everyone lives in dire fear of someone finding out their own private secret.
A modern sci-fi classic comes home to high-def in a gorgeous new transfer.
As sci-fi films go, Gattaca goes well beyond the usual by offering a work of real depth. And yes, it looks superb in Blu-ray.
This stately, stunningly beautiful picture evokes a future in which present-day prejudices and neuroses have been taken to new, insidious scientifically rationalized heights.
Intelligent and suspenseful.
Andrew Niccol signe avec Gattaca une %u0153uvre de science-fiction dont l'intelligence n'a d'égal que son raffinement exceptionnel sur le plan esthétique et narratif.
Chilly, elegant, and a little bloodless.
One of my favorite sci-fi films of recent years.
A cautionary tale of the dangers of unchecked technology, Gattaca would have benefited from a more assured directing hand.
There's a window on a possible future, a warning about the wages of sin, and enough beauty to make this a lasting classic of modern science fiction.
O interessante conceito se dilui em uma trama policial óbvia.
It's not the meek who have inherited the Earth, but genetic freaks....this visionary science-fiction drama is a marvel of futuristic art and costume design on a spare budget.
A well-directed, visually stunning morally complex tale. There is no gene for a good movie.
Despite its flaws, this is still a fascinating story, and adequate performances by Hawke, Law, and Uma Thurman.
An amzing sci fi classic. Hawke and Thurman shine. The whole idea of gene manipulation in the future is such a scary storyline.
June 6, 2008Super Reviewer
In a future society where a person's worth is judged by their designer genes, a would-be astronaut forms an illegal partnership with a crippled Olympic athlete to cheat the system but they are threatened with exposure when the mission director is murdered. Gattaca is one of those thoughtful, concept sci-fis that trades
November 7, 2006
Super Reviewer
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