
In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclass of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. To move ahead, he assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a car accident. With professional advice, Vincent learns to deceive DNA and urine sample testing. Ju... (Full plot summary below)
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In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclass of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. To move ahead, he assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a car accident. With professional advice, Vincent learns to deceive DNA and urine sample testing. Just when he is finally scheduled for a space mission, his program director is killed and the police begin an investigation, jeopardizing his secret.
Leave your thoughts about Gattaca.
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesAt least as stunning as Blade Runner or Brazil. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawIt predicts the way the world would change in 2001--and how our films would reflect that change. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe average thriller, even if it's set in a faraway or futuristic world, tends to offer visceral, ephemeral excitement, and not much else. However, while Gattaca has the energy and tautness to compare with the best of those, its thought-provoking script and thematic richness elevate it to the next level. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellA handsome and fully imagined work of cautionary futuristic fiction. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeThe acting from everyone is great, with Thurman giving a wonderfully cold performance, and Hawke creating a character who has been beaten down by the system but has found a new sense of optimism by a bitter man who was willing to give it out anyway. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNiccol's futuristic fable is a gorgeous construct, from its cast on down to the brilliant, clinical nature of the set design that reflects a future in which even a particle of saliva can be one's undoing. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThis is adult sci-fi, the sort of picture which is about believable characters living in the very near future as an outgrowth of experiments actually being made today in space travel and genetic engineering. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinAn impressively fine-tuned first feature from Andrew Niccol. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperA film that substitutes intelligence for explosions. |