Gattaca (1997)

All Critics (56) | Top Critics (12) | 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?

June 5, 2007 Full Review | Comments (34)

Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

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.

July 5, 2006 Full Review

Emanuel Levy

Variety

Top Critic

Chilly, elegant, and a little bloodless.

June 24, 2006 Full Review | Comment (1)

Time Out

Top Critic

Designer babies rule dystopia in stylish SF thriller filled with recycled plot devices.

April 12, 2002 Full Review | Comment (1)

Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

It's far too serious to be taken seriously.

February 14, 2001 Full Review | Comments (8)

Jack Mathews

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

An impressively fine-tuned first feature from Andrew Niccol.

January 1, 2000

Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

has enough suspense and pacing to stand as a thriller, but more than enough philosophical and moral questions to make it intellectually stimulating

April 30, 2008 Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

It predicts the way the world would change in 2001--and how our films would reflect that change.

April 2, 2008 Full Review

Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Ripe for reappraisal...the storytelling integrity and thoughtful themes of a good novel.

March 21, 2008

Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

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.

March 20, 2008 Full Review

Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

A modern sci-fi classic comes home to high-def in a gorgeous new transfer.

March 18, 2008 Full Review

Jeff Otto

ReelzChannel.com

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.

March 10, 2008 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

This stately, stunningly beautiful picture evokes a future in which present-day prejudices and neuroses have been taken to new, insidious scientifically rationalized heights.

June 5, 2007 Full Review

Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Intelligent and suspenseful.

June 5, 2007 Full Review

David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

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.

October 29, 2006 Full Review

Jean-François Vandeuren

Panorama

One of my favorite sci-fi films of recent years.

May 26, 2006 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A cautionary tale of the dangers of unchecked technology, Gattaca would have benefited from a more assured directing hand.

April 9, 2005 Full Review

Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

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.

December 6, 2004

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

O interessante conceito se dilui em uma trama policial óbvia.

May 19, 2004

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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.

February 9, 2004 Full Review

Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly

A well-directed, visually stunning morally complex tale. There is no gene for a good movie.

May 22, 2003 Full Review

Eugene Novikov

Film Blather

Despite its flaws, this is still a fascinating story, and adequate performances by Hawke, Law, and Uma Thurman.

February 8, 2003 Full Review

John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

• 1. Detective Hugo: I was also in the Slums of Beverly HIlls.
  – Submitted by Jesse K (2 months ago)
• 1. Irene: Call me Uma. Uma Thurman.
  – Submitted by Jesse K (2 months ago)
• 1. Vincent Freeman: Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star.
  – Submitted by Mariana B (18 months ago)
• 1. Vincent Freeman: For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.
  – Submitted by Roberto P (22 months ago)
• 1. Jerome Morrow: I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body - you lent me your dream.
  – Submitted by Roberto P (22 months ago)
• 1. Vincent Freeman: You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it.
  2. Young Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.
  – Submitted by Roberto P (22 months ago)

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