KosIg This movie is nothing less than an inspiration for all the people to strive to their maximal potential and surpass it. The idea in the movie is also surreal, we are getting closer to human DNA editing, its just a matter of time some trust deems it safe and effective and mandatory.

view_and_review In my daily interactions with friends, coworkers, family and others the topic of movies comes up. I like to share my favorite movies as well as my favorite genre of movies. Inevitably someone will have a suggestion for me and I have one or more for them. Gattaca was one such suggestion.In the not-too-distant future DNA is everything. No longer are parents leaving reproduction to chance. Now they can choose things like gender, eye color, physical prowess, intelligence and more. They can even genetically weed out things like heart disease, mental illness or violent tendencies. This is the world in which Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) lives. A genetically sanitized world in which people are now discriminated against because of their inferior genetic makeup through a form of bigotry called "genoism" (these are humans after all so discrimination of some kind has to exist). Vincent tries to make it in a society that has already deemed him of a lower caste due to his natural non-genetically altered birth.Sci-fi movies dealing with genes and DNA usually go one of two ways: cloning or genetic altering (and sometimes both). This movie went the route of genetic altering and did a fairly good job at it. The scientists weren't creating a new species of human beings; they were just trying to perfect those that were coming into existence. I'm surprised I'd never seen or even heard of this movie as it is right up my alley. This was a well-thought out sci-fi with a whodunnit added in there. It really focused on mankind's shortcomings at playing god no matter what knowledge and tools are at his disposal. The science fiction portion wasn't too technical and the dialogue throughout was OK. It was truly intriguing just to see how far Vincent would go to achieve his goals in a society that has predetermined his failure.

dewiedolan This film can be analyzed with a lot of detail, keeping an eye of its themes of self improvement and discrimination, but it can also be seen as a great sci-fi movie with a imaginative plot that you can watch on a Saturday afternoon with friends.One of the things that I liked the most was the believable world it presented. The set design in this movie is amazing. The places seem both futuristic as well something taken from real life. The cinematography also helped the movie have an incredible look. Without the great camera-work I'm sure the end product would have turned out different.The characters are nothing out of the ordinary and the performances are okay. At the end some of their arcs were a little predictable, but the story never becomes boring. The concepts introduced, such as genetic discrimination, always makes you want to know more about the people leaving in this society that could easily become ours.The plot's pacing is also very good. The movie never rushes to much and when it slows down it quickly return to action. The important elements of the story are quickly introduced in the beginning, allowing the viewers to understand the main conflict and learn what are the character's motivation. Additionally, I normally don't like voice over exposition but the little this had of it was used, most of the time, to give important and relevant information.In conclusion, Gattaca is a fun sci-fi movie that you can watch and have a great time with. This is a film that will surely become a classic, mainly because of the statement it makes about society. Maybe in the future we may live in a world similar than the one in Gattaca. ¿Who knows?

a_chinn Smart science fiction set in a future where people are genetically tested at birth and their lot is life is set from that point forward. Ethan Hawke plays a man who's genetics determined he live a life be as a simple laborer, but he's more ambitions and decides to pose as the genetically superior Jude Law, who's in chaoots with Hawke to hide the fact that he's been crippled in an accident. The film works well as a straight forward sci-fi thriller about Hawke trying to hide his true identity from the cops, but what makes this film special is that it also works brilliantly on a more intellectual level as a story about class, privacy, ethics of reproductive technologies, as well as larger topics of destiny. Besides having a smart subtext, the film also works on an emotional level where you really care about the characters. The relationship between Hawke and Uma Thurman, who plays a wonderful ice queen, is riveting. Does she love Hawke or does she love what his genetics (i.e. class, wealth, reputation)? If this film had been made in the 1950s, Grace Kelly would have been perfect of the role. There are also strong supporting performances by Ernest Borgnine as an elderly janitor who gives Hawke depressing life lessons from the underclass before Hawke assumes his new identity, Gore Vidal as a pompous executive, and Alan Arkin as a subordinate detective who's actually onto Hawke but his suspicions dismissed by his genetically superior lead detective. I'd put "Gattaca" among the best science fiction films of the last 20 years, alongside "Inception," "Primer," and "Ex-Machina."