Lucybespro
It is a performances centric movie
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
hotmaleajayg
I must confess i was too late in watching this movie.
The casting is perfect good breed of actors - Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman, they played their part to perfection. Loved the narration in the first half.
The background music was so beautiful, it engages your mind and soul into the movie.
Andrew Niccol has built a steady pace in the movie, easy to follow. He touches on the inherent weakness of man - discrimination! He takes it to a real scientific possibility!
The story is told so beautifully till the end. Lets make no mistake and give Jude Law credit as well, he plays his part very well and its an important part in the movie, its due to him that Ethan Hawke is able to pursue his dream. All the scenes in the movie is well played out.
But the story of a man wanting to achieve his dream, with all his inherent defects, beating all odds at all stages, the triumph of the human spirit is truly endearing. Its a much watch movie that's all i can say, it would help one realise and connect one's own life story in a way. Truly up with the best of movies of all time (like a shawshank redemption), albeit ahead of its time. Go for it!
sergelamarche
Getting old but still works. The future has caught up and went further. Designer babies are not available yet but the rejection of babies is. Lots of the ethical problems are the same as racism. I guess that is also actual.
ddr-78397
I saw this movie some 7 years ago and it set an incredible special ambient into my mind. It is a movie that sets your mind thinking about genetic selection. Even after so many years I get the CD from my movie collection and watch it again. It's a film house type movie just like the Bi centennial man.
Ovidijus Burokas
In my opinion, this is a very underrated movie, it's one of my favorite of all time. For example, if you go through the best movies of all time lists, you will rarely see Gattaca, although I think it's a spectacular movie.Gattaca takes place in the near future where people have made such a medical advancement that they can make perfect genetically modified babies. It tells the story of the man named Vincent who has genetic disadvantage and is expected to live a short life. Society now doesn't treat people that have diseases the way that they treat genetically perfect ones. That prevents Vincent from his dream to travel to space. Throughout the movie you see how Vincent tries to achieve his dream no matter what it takes.First of all, I want to say that the story of this movie is very interesting and touching. From the beginning of the movie you care about the character of Vincent. I wanted for Vincent to achieve his dream almost as desperately as him. Although I think the movie explores many themes, the main topic of the movie is how far can you go to achieve what you want. Even the tagline is „There is no gene for human spirit".Another undeniable plus that this movie has is the actors and characters. Characters are very well written and actors who played them were perfect. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law all did an amazing job. It was actually a breakthrough role for Jude Law and you can see why. He plays genetically perfect guy named Jerome Morrow who is paralyzed from the injury that he suffered. Vincent finds him and they make a deal which lets Vincent to take Jerome's identity. Jude Law's character is almost as interesting as Vincent. Jerome is a broken man who can't live a normal life because of his injury. Throughout the movie he and Vincent become like brothers to each other and it's very hard to watch when Vincent leaves him.The soundtrack of the film is amazing as well. It suits the world of Gattaca perfectly. The Departure by Michael Nyman is the most powerful song from the soundtrack. Even without words, it describes the feeling of the movie wonderfully. Whenever I remember this film, I remember this soundtrack as well.The main genre of Gattaca is science fiction. Although, you would not be mistaken if you would call it a drama. The movie has some crime elements as well. It's not a usual Sci-Fi film because it doesn't rely on special effects at all. All in all, I think that Gattaca should be viewed as a classic. I think that if the movie like this would come out today, people would appreciate it much more. It has everything – from an amazing cast to wonderful cinematography and soundtrack. I think that despite being a Sci-Fi movie released in 1997, it holds up very well. Even now the futuristic world in the film is as interesting as it was 20 years ago. I've seen Gattaca countless times and in my opinion, everybody should see this movie.
