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Gattaca

1997

Andrew Niccol

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean ...

7.3

88,983

Sci-Fi. Mystery In the near future, where corporations screen their employees based on their genetic makeup, Vincent (Ethan Hawke), a man with a congenital heart condition tries to assume the identity of Jerome (Jude Law), a former athlete with perfect genes in order to fulfill his dream of traveling in space.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"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."	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Imagine an Orwellian story presented with a cool, eerie precision like Peter Greenaway's and you have some sense of ''Gattaca,'"	POS
United Kingdom	Neil Jeffries Empire	"Sadly the plot unfolds slowly and with little action, playing like a short story. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"Ambitious science-fiction films tend to age two ways: like fine wine, or like chicken salad left out in the sun. In that respect, history has been kind to 'Gattaca'"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"An effort was made to create a serious, thoughtful movie. But even on its own terms, 'Gattaca' falls short"	NEU

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