| Gattaca [Region 2] |  | Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley
Category: DVD
Buy New: $39.34
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Rating:  402 reviews
Sales Rank: 219203
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Esperanto (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035822523968
ASIN: B00006JNC4
Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 1997
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Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. It's since been recognized as one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the 1990s. Writer-director Andrew Niccol, the talented New Zealander who also wrote the acclaimed Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show, depicts a near-future society in which one's personal and professional destiny is determined by one's genes. In this society, "Valids" (genetically engineered) qualify for positions at prestigious corporations, such as Gattaca, which grooms its most qualified employees for space exploration. "In-Valids" (naturally born), such as the film's protagonist, Vincent (Ethan Hawke), are deemed genetically flawed and subsequently fated to low-level occupations in a genetically caste society. With the help of a disabled "Valid" (Jude Law), Vincent subverts his society's social and biological barriers to pursue his dream of space travel; any random mistake--and an ongoing murder investigation at Gattaca--could reveal his plot. Part thriller, part futuristic drama and cautionary tale, Gattaca establishes its social structure so convincingly that the entire scenario is chillingly believable. With Uma Thurman as the woman who loves Vincent and identifies with his struggle, Gattaca is both stylish and smart, while Jude Law's performance lends the film a note of tragic and heartfelt humanity. --Jeff Shannon
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Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. It's since been recognized as one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the 1990s. Writer-director Andrew Niccol, the talented New Zealander who also wrote the acclaimed Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show, depicts a near-future society in which one's personal and professional destiny is determined by one's genes. In this society, "Valids" (genetically engineered) qualify for positions at prestigious corporations, such as Gattaca, which grooms its most qualified employees for space exploration. "In-Valids" (naturally born), such as the film's protagonist, Vincent (Ethan Hawke), are deemed genetically flawed and subsequently fated to low-level occupations in a genetically caste society. With the help of a disabled "Valid" (Jude Law), Vincent subverts his society's social and biological barriers to pursue his dream of space travel; any random mistake--and an ongoing murder investigation at Gattaca--could reveal his plot. Part thriller, part futuristic drama and cautionary tale, Gattaca establishes its social structure so convincingly that the entire scenario is chillingly believable. With Uma Thurman as the woman who loves Vincent and identifies with his struggle, Gattaca is both stylish and smart, while Jude Law's performance lends the film a note of tragic and heartfelt humanity. --Jeff Shannon
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 A beautiful film June 26, 2009
Egalitarian (California, USA)
This has to be one of the most pleasing, thought provoking and beautifully made science fiction films of the decade. The movie is briliantly acted out, well crafted and will leave the viewer affected by its charm and dignity.
Gattica: the DVD May 8, 2009
W. Harrison (Metairie, LA USofA)
This great science fiction story is both thought-provoking and entertaining. It is an update of the themes from earlier science fiction stories: "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut. Genetic engineering leads to societal engineering which brings about alienation for those of us who are unfortunate mishaps. The musical score is haunting, the acting hits the mark, the dialogue is clever and the sets are convicing. The events in the story are frighteningly plausible with credible characters. i am happy to have this as part of my DVD collection so I can view it again and share it with friends.
To defeat genetic fate you have to cheat April 15, 2009
Jacques COULARDEAU (OLLIERGUES France)
A little masterpiece of science-fiction from and about the time when everything will be governed by the genome of every individual. You will be identified through it, you will be followed from birth to grave by it. Good morning Vietnam, good morning genome-drome, genoism. You will be nothing but a complex DNA identity. Too complex to memorize, but any machine can memorize even more complex things and recognize them. But here we have several couples of interest and rivalry. A child born naturally and whose fate is doomed to be deemed bad and it is supposed to be bad, and life expectancy is as low as some odd 30 years. On the other side his brother was genetically correct and perfect. Unluckily the former has a dream and the latter has none. The former is motivated to do what only the genetic elite can do, and he is not. The latter is motivated to do nothing except be a bureaucrat that will trace out all the "fakes", the non-genetically perfect who are trying to go through nevertheless, frauds in other words, like his own brother. The latter will find a way to go through the genetic selection by assuming the identity of a genetically perfect man who suffered a severe accident and cannot be anything any more. That is hard work, but that is possible because they are only dealing with machines, as long as they are dealing with machines. But there comes a time, and it is a lot earlier in the story than you may think, that one will trace the fraud but will say nothing because he has a personal reason to see if the fraud will go through and that the fraud will go through. Remember: it is a Mark Twain trick: a right handed man normally holds his [...] with his right hand when he urinates, and a left handed man does the reverse. The details of the end are not interesting here. One thing is interesting though. If the future world decides to become genetically correct we are going to cheat a lot because success anywhere depends on only one thing: motivation, first and foremost, and intellectual and even physical qualifications are only second to that motivation. A small prodigious marvel to be seen by anyone who believes man is better and more important than science which is only an extension of man's mental and nervous system, not a replacement, a prosthesis.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, CEGID
 Crappy movie April 13, 2009
Claude J. Mashburn (Chattanooga, TN)
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
Was dissapointed with this one. I let the movie play but couldn't take watching alot of it.
 Good, not 5 stars though April 4, 2009
psulover901
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall I think this is an excellent movie! It is interesting, the acting is good, and I really like the movie.
I have only two complaints:
1- The movie could be longer. This is more of a good thing, because it means that I would like to see more of it. It really was interesting.
2- It sort of seems that the budget wasn't very big for the movie. If this movie was ever remade, the only thing I think they should do differently is make it even more futuristic. The cars look like regular cars, in fact even older, but they just make a humming noise to sound like they are advanced. Didn't like that detail. Other aspects of the movie are a little low budget.
I know I should be looking into the meaning of the movie instead of the flashiness (or lack there off) but I'm just saying it would have been 5 out of 5 stars if they followed those two points.
Bottom line; BUY IT! or at least rent it, because it is an excellent movie.
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