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Summary: Great sci-fi movie that takes place on entirely Earth
Review: It's a science fiction/drama movie that takes place in a surreal American future. This movie's main theme is "you can reach your goals even in circumstances where other's have already written you off because they think you don't have the potential for greatness." to some extent.
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Summary: Incredible -- Every time I see it
Review: I tend only to buy DVDs when I know I'm going to watch it again and again. Every time I see this film it's like I'm watching it for the first time. The concept of genetic engineering is one that intrigues me, and this film is a great snapshot into what could very well be the near future. As was said in Jurassic Park, life always finds a way, and this story reaffirms the notion that we don't have quite as much power over nature as we sometimes believe.
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Summary: compares to Great Expectations and Snow Falling on Cedars
Review: What a film! Gee, what a creative, gorgeous, profound, poignant film! One of the best representations of what life is going to be like in the next 50 or more years. Humans are not machines as is made clear in this film and the spirit is a very different aspect of life. A film that describes life from two realms, a poignant life portrayed at its best by Ethan Hawke. Please see this creative, unique representation of what will become of humanity. Please! Thank you.
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Summary: There Is No Gene For The Human Spirit!
Review: Gattaca is not for hard-core sci-fi fans. There are no alien monsters, no Darth Vaders. Instead it is a movie about us. The plot is set in the future to provide an extrapolation of the perceived present. The world of Gattaca is more soulless, more class polarised, less humane than our own. It casts a harsh light on today's social mores.Ethan Hawke and Jude Law are both superb in their roles. Their characters reflect the flaws in Gattaca's (and our) society - Jude, the gilded but gelded; and Ethan, the flawed but unflinching. The direction, musical score and cinematography all work to provide the brutal truth behind the polished surfaces of Gattaca. If you see Gattaca looking for Han Solo or Lt. Ripley you will be disappointed. See it instead for a new perspective on how to live your own life.
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Summary: Not a Sci-Fi Movie
Review: This film is well produced and well-acted, but has virtually no sci-fi elements in it. The ethical and social arguments are valid ( no pun intended ) but I was dissapointed in its lack of action, lack of sci-fi imagery and morose backround music. At times it is little more than a detective story, or a human interest drama. The film needed more excitement and much more creative imagery. Setting is given the back seat and there was no reason for that. What could have been a grand film is only average, though well acted.
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Summary: Watch "The Robot Monster" first, it may make this seem good
Review: Whew! Couldn't hardly stay awake in the middle of the day to finish this boredom classic. Business suited astronauts huh? If you're interested in seeing a society that should have been nuked, this is your group. Flat, dull, boring non-personality's trying to go to outer space. Even some good visual work doesn't help much. Can you say "bow-wow"?
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Summary: HUMAN DETERMINATION WINS ALL
Review: IF U THINK "GATTACA" IS GOING TO BE THE USUAL SCI-FI MOVIE WITH SOME ELEMENTS OF SUSPENSE, U WUD FIND YOURSELF DISAPPOINTED. TO ME, THE MESSAGE OF THE MOVIE IS QUITE CLEAR. THERE IS A LIMITATION TO THE SO CALLED "HUMAN PERFECTION" VIA TECHNOLOGY (IN THIS CASE GENETIC ENGINERRING). U WILL FIND A LOT OF FORGOTTEN AND YET PRECIOUS HUMAN VALUES AGAIN IN "GATTACA". A GOOD MOVIE TO REMIND US ALL ABOUT THOSE VALUES INSTEAD OF THE PURSUIT OF THE SUPERFICIAL ONES. IT IS NOT A "MUST BUY" MOVIE. I BOUGHT IT BUT I DIDNT REGRET.
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Summary: A GOOD MOVIE WITH DEEPER MEANING U CAN ENJOY!
Review: IF U THINK "GATTACA" IS THE KIND OF MOVIE THAT WOULD BRING U THE USUAL EXCITEMENT OF A SCI-FI, THEN U WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. I LIKE THIS MOVIE BECOZ IT BRINGS OUT SOME OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND PRECIOUS HUMAN VALUES THAT WE USUALLY HAVE FORGOTTEN. A SIMPLE STORY LINE, CLEAR MESSAGES FROM THE SCREEN PLAY MAKE "GATTACA" A SMOOTH RUNNING MOVIE. NOT A "MUST BUY" BUT I DIDN'T REGRET BUYING IT & RECOMMEND TO OTHER PEOPLE.
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Summary: Watch it over and over
Review: Ok, everybody writes about how good the plot and the acting are, so you can read those reviews to find out how intelligent Gattaca is. And it really is good and thought-provoking. But it's also just plain cool. Jude Law is a hunk, his character is named Eugene (one of my favorite names) and... he has a British accent! Is that cool or what? Much cooler than Vincent. Oh, and some of my friends like Uma Thurman so if you like Uma Thurman, watch Gattaca. I remember on Christmas vacation a few years ago my family went to the beach and my folks rented Gattaca and were watching it over and over, but I ignored them because I was reading Edward Gorey books. Then I watched Gattaca in genetics class and found out what I was missing. Funny how the decor in Gattaca equates "retro" with "futuristic." In the future, buildings will be full of chrome and twinkly lights? And everybody will wear MiB black suits? Neat.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Unlike many reviewers, I was disappointed in this film. The film's central myth is the struggle of the individual human will against a Procrustean, deterministic society, which has been one of the most popular myths in Western literature for the past five thousand years. To be successful, a treatment must add something to this myth. Other than the wrinkle on genetic engineering, which is old hat in SF, Gattaca adds very little. The film is stylish, to be sure. This sometimes works and sometimes does not. The idea that astronauts will wear business suits when strapped into acceleration couches strains credulity at best. The acting is mostly competent but is directed to be so utterly flat in affect that one wonders why anybody in this future society would care about anything. The exposition is constructed mostly of cliches and is predictable from beginning to end. One of the cliches, a bone-clever gumshoe played wonderfully by Alan Arkin, provides a good contrast but seems entirely out of place--would such a society even permit people like this to occupy positions of authority? Gattaca is a film that shows promise for a new director, but it doesn't quite make it.
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