Gattaca

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Gattaca

PG-13

1997

1h 52m

Sci-Fi

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Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior in-valid. He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow, a laboratory-engineered valid. He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene. An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer complicates Vincent's plans.

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Critics Consensus

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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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

10/25/2019

Stylishly scoped with ice-blue hues and smartly visualized with a forbiddingly cold design, Gattaca is an intelligently-conceived sci-fi chiller starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.

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Mike Clark

USA Today

01/10/2018

3/4

An institutional hush envelops the compelling cautionary fable Gattaca as if it were muffled by a velvet lab coat.

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Jason Bailey

Vice

11/14/2017

A thoughtful hybrid of sci-fi, thriller, and character drama; to give you some idea of its high-mindedness, it not only opens with a relevant Bible verse (Ecclesiastes 7:13), but in the opening credits that follow, Gore Vidal is fifth-billed.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Jul 6

4/4

The screenplay is tightly written with a fascinating premise that explores society’s overemphasis on genetic manipulation as a panacea for woes they’ve invented for themselves.

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Stephen A. Russell

Orion's Shoulder (Substack)

Mar 6

It’s a cool-heeled but gripping musing on whether we should, just because we could, that also finds room for freaking Gore Vidal.

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

06/21/2023

A tremendously interesting movie that questions eugenics and beyond. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sonia M

Nov 27

This is one of my favourite movies. It possesses all the criteria to make it a masterpiece : acting is excellent all around (main leads and supporting cast), the dystopia is subdued but ever present, the photography is out of this world. It was such an emotional rollercoaster to root for Vincent to follow his dreams. Its combination of genres makes it a complete and complex masterpiece (sci-fi dystopia, compelling love story, riveting detective / crime story), the music is enchanting, mysterious. the genetics theme is fasctinating and scary, and it reminds me of the ethics issue of Brave New World. I've watched it dozens of times and end up crying every single time. It simply is a mesmerizing must-see!!!

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Yuri M

Oct 27

O filme possui um roteiro diferenciado, que prende do começo ao final. Não é algo previsível, você ficará surpreso a cada minuto!

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Maria O

Oct 23

It's interesting how this movie is pretty interesting while also being so forgettable.

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Nancy L

Sep 26

One of my favorite sci-fi movies and seems to get little mention or attention. It's a bit slow moving but deep and emotionally moving with realism as to where humans are heading and how we need to cherish the fundamental aspects of our innate qualities. Watch worthy.

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Will G

@Kingofthepixies Aug 11

Excellent. Surreal and poetic. Not one machine gun or cgi whatnot. Recommended.

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Mitch B

Jul 17

I found this movie to be interesting. The whole "Government controls your life" theme was good and I found the scene where the woman was on the treadmill and old she was excused was interesting. Imagine being told when you could and could not do things.

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Andrew Niccol

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Vincent Freeman

Uma Thurman

Irene Cassini

Jude Law

Jerome Eugene Morrow

Gore Vidal

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Alan Arkin

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Gattaca: Official Clip - It is Possible

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Gattaca: Official Clip - Escaping the Club

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Gattaca: Official Clip - I Am Not Jerome Morrow

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Gattaca: Official Clip - You Are Jerome Morrow

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Gattaca: Official Clip - Vincent & Irene

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Gattaca: Official Clip - A De-gene-erate

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Gattaca: Official Clip - Vincent Saves Anton

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Synopsis

Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior in-valid. He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow, a laboratory-engineered valid. He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene. An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer complicates Vincent's plans.

Director: Andrew Niccol
Producer: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Screenwriter: Andrew Niccol
Distributor: Columbia Tristar, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Jersey Films, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 24, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.3M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1), 35mm

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