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Easily one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time...Funny thing is that I've actually seen it a couple times in school. I normally don't like Jude Law very much, but I almost always love Ethan Hawke (wow, that's awfully gay

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Posted nov 13, 2008 12:05 pm pt

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I have to say that this movie was more than what I originally thought, great acting with a moral... wow~

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Posted oct 11, 2008 11:51 am pt

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An outstanding film that stars three under-rated actors; Thurman, Law, and Hawke.

An inspirational movie that highlights the triumph of the human spirit over raw science. A great film for proving once again that intelligent science...
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An outstanding film that stars three under-rated actors; Thurman, Law, and Hawke.

An inspirational movie that highlights the triumph of the human spirit over raw science. A great film for proving once again that intelligent science fiction can be every bit as good as explosions and guys in funny rubber suits.

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Posted nov 13, 2007 11:49 pm pt

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A must for sci-fi enthusiast. The plot is more than ok. Great climate.

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Posted jul 7, 2007 4:53 pm pt

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Gattaca Corp. is a space organization that will only take on Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) if he has the right DNA. Although he hasn't this DNA, he refuses to give up his dream job and acquires the identity of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a man with...
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Gattaca Corp. is a space organization that will only take on Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) if he has the right DNA. Although he hasn't this DNA, he refuses to give up his dream job and acquires the identity of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a man with the right DNA. The cast includes Uma Thurman as Irene Cassini, a worker for Gattaca Corp.

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Posted jun 11, 2007 2:43 am pt

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Interesting movie, with a lot of good actors along it. Ethan Hawke, and Uma Thurman have a good chemistry together which makes this film entertaining and I did not think that the movie was weak or far from entertaining, because it had a good...
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Interesting movie, with a lot of good actors along it. Ethan Hawke, and Uma Thurman have a good chemistry together which makes this film entertaining and I did not think that the movie was weak or far from entertaining, because it had a good concept and a very well played, story. Very good movie.

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Posted mar 14, 2007 9:54 am pt

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This is a stylish drama about the not-too-distant future in which genetic discrimination has infiltrated nearly every aspect of society. Several remarkable individuals' lives are brought together by the tenacity of one genetically-inferior man...
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This is a stylish drama about the not-too-distant future in which genetic discrimination has infiltrated nearly every aspect of society. Several remarkable individuals' lives are brought together by the tenacity of one genetically-inferior man who refuses to accept that his potential can be measured by a drop of blood. No detail was left to chance in this meticulous, elegent, and visually arresting film which is disturbingly believable. To be fair, a few of the lines fall a bit flat ('a borrowed ladder', de-gene-erate') but the script is very moving and the acting is subtle and nuanced.

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Posted jan 29, 2007 3:03 am pt

• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  A handsome and fully imagined work of cautionary futuristic fiction.

  by Elvis Mitchell | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  A handsome and fully imagined work of cautionary futuristic fiction.

  by Elvis Mitchell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  Niccol'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.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  Niccol'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.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  This is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  88
  The 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.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  This is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  88
  The 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.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  80
  The film's bleak future society is admittedly nothing new, and there's no lack of contrived or wooden moments, but Gattaca's parable of nature versus nurture is compelling enough to make it worth seeing for reasons besides art direction.

  by John Krewson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  80
  Gattaca, New Zealander helmer Andrew Niccol's impressive feature debut, is an intelligent and timely sci-fi thriller that, with the exception of some illogical plot contrivances, is emotionally engaging almost up to the end.

  by Emanuel Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Examiner
  
  75
  Gattaca is a welcome throwback to the days of good, low-tech sci-fi, stressing character and atmosphere over computer-generated effects and juvenile thrills.

  by Walter Addiego | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Examiner
  
  75
  Gattaca is a welcome throwback to the days of good, low-tech sci-fi, stressing character and atmosphere over computer-generated effects and juvenile thrills.

  by Walter Addiego | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  Andrew Niccol wrote and directed this intelligent and suspenseful science-fiction drama featuring strong performances by Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, and Gore Vidal.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  70
  Implausible in countless ways and wooden for long stretches, Gattaca at least never collapses into a special-effects barrage or erupts in long, choreographed explosions; it sticks carefully to its pristine vision.

  by Scott Rosenberg | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  67
  Sets, music, and imagery are rigorously controlled and undeniably stunning, but after a while flaws creep into the plot's double helix.

  by Ty Burr | Read Full Review »