Sight and Sound - 03/01/1998
"...GATTACA is bolstered by an elaborate, often impressive series of riffs on identity and disguise..."
USA Today - 10/24/1997
"...If smart sci-fi is your vial of tea, GATTACA won't disappoint..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
Entertainment Weekly - 05/08/1998
"...Corporal paranoia transforms suspense into pleasurable dread..." -- Rating: A-
New York Times - 10/24/1997
"...A handsome and fully imagined work of cautionary futuristic fiction....An impressively fine-tuned first feature..."
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/24/1997
"...This is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas..."
Total Film - 05/01/2008 4 stars out of 5 -- "Underrated, understated and gleaming with chilly intelligence."
Product Description:
In the 21st century, genetic engineering makes possible the creation of biologically superior human specimens ("valids"), who then grow to positions of power and prestige. Would-be astronaut Vincent (Ethan Hawke) born the old-fashioned way, can only hope for a janitorial position at the elite Gattaca Corporation--until he buys the blood, urine, and identity of a perfect but paralyzed athlete. But a murder in the company's ranks attracts the attention of a detective who threatens to sniff Vincent out.
Description by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
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.
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