| Gattaca Review |
| by James Brundage |
| We're all becoming Orwells. Hollywood, me, you, the Internet, everyone is
becoming in a constant state of surveillance. It's a trend. Enemy of the
State and The End of Violence use it. The Truman Show, Dark City,
Pleasantville. All of them used it. And,...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| In 1986, British police officers changed the face of law enforcement
forever. Baffled by two brutal rape-murders, the police decided to take
blood samples from every young man in the area. The search for the
murderer, dramatized in Joseph Wambaugh's "The...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| To model a human's DNA would be the ultimate of playing God - and director
Andrew Nicol pretends its all ahead of us "in the not too distant future." But
in the cold world of Gattaca, a society that creates a race of "super" people,
the word...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| To model a human's DNA would be the ultimate of playing God - and director
Andrew Nicol pretends its all ahead of us "in the not too distant future." But
in the cold world of Gattaca, a society that creates a race of "super" people,
the word...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by p-m agapow |
| It is the near future. Ubiquitous genetic screening and engineering
has divided society in two: the genetic gifted, their organic problems
ironed out and their futures assured; and the "in-valids", those whose
chromosomes make them a poor risk and...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Ted Prigge |
| Writer/Director: Andrew M. Niccol
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Alan Arkin, Gore
Vidal, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Shalhoub, Xander Berkeley, Blair Underwood,
Ryan Dorin, Elias Kosteas, Jayne Brook more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by James Sanford |
| GATTACADirected by Andrew Niccol
In the future, a "love child" could face problems far worse than
anything ever imagined by Diana Ross and the Supremes. After all, in the
world of "Gattaca," the right genetic make-up determines your future,
and parents...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| Columbia / 1:52 / 1997 / PG-13 (language, violence, sex, brief nudity)
Cast: Ethan Hawke; Uma Thurman; Jude Law; Gore Vidal; Alan Arkin; Loren Dean;
Elias Koteas; Xander Berkeley; Jayne Brook; Tony Shalhoub
Director: Andrew Niccol
Screenplay: Andrew...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Marty Mapes |
| *** (out of 4) In a world where children are genetically screened and
filtered before birth, Vincent is born with no artificial genetic help
from his parents. Which is too bad for him because he is born into a
society where a job interview consists...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by M.P. |
| In a world where being conceived the natural way is looked
down upon, and being genetically altered is the only way to get a real
job. A story is born, a story that shows us a brief glimpse of what
could be and of what is mere fantasy. Gattaca is about...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
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A film review by Ram Samudrala
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| Gattaca Review |
| by Tim Voon |
| GATTACA 1997
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1997 Timothy Voon
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| Gattaca Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| . GATTACA
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1997 Christopher Null more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Yen, Homer |
| Imagine that immediately after birth, a single drop of blood from the
newborn is taken and analyzed. The genetic sequence reveals the
baby's entire future. Its likelihood of disease, brain disorder,
baldness, and even its life expectancy is disclosed...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: GATTACA is a cold film that
frequently stretches credibility, but still it
stands as one of the more intelligent science
fiction films of the 90s. Anatomy truly is destiny
in a world where...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Boyd Petrie |
| With the release of GATTACA, I began to wonder why all science fiction
films deal with destructive aliens, or aliens in general. Hollywood
has given audiences plenty of thrills with those alien films, but what
was usually lacking was a good story... and...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| In the not too distant future you can have the child of your dreams. Don't
want your child to have violent tendencies? The geneticists can remove that
gene. Disease? The geneticist can tell how long your child will live, what
the child will die from, and...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by E. Benjamin Kelsey |
| I admit that I was very excited to see "Gattaca", and perhaps my expectations
influenced my feelings about the film, either good or bad. I think this is
probably common thing that happens to movie critics. The premise for this
movie really intrigued me,...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by P.J. Gladnick |
| Have you ever taken a shower and watched hair, dandruff, and scuzz
accumulate at the drain? Usually you don't even give a thought to it or
even try to. Well, how would you like to spend a couple of hours watching
a movie focused on pee-pee, dandruff,...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Gattaca (PG-13) *** (out of ****)
What if the world somehow found a way to make discrimination into a
science? That is the provocative question presented by Gattaca, the
intriguing and atmospheric debut of writer-director Andrew Niccol.
Those looking...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| GATTACA
(Columbia)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean.
Screenplay: Andrew Niccol.
Producers: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher.
Director: Andrew Niccol.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (profanity, sexual situations,...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Alex Fung |
| GATTACA (Columbia - 1997)
Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Alan Arkin,
Loren Dean
Screenplay by Andrew Nicol
Produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Directed by Andrew Nicol
Running time: 112 minutes more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Bill Chambers |
| How I wanted to love Gattaca. From its bizzare opening credit
sequence, in which we see nail clippings and stubble fall to a neon
blue ground in slow motion, we know we're in store for unusual
Hollywood fare. But as with many directorial debuts (Niccol...more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| United States, 1997
U.S. Release Date: 10/24/97 (wide)
Running Length: 1:52
MPAA Classification: PG-13 (Violence, mature themes, profanity)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 more |
| Gattaca Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| GATTACA
By Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Columbia Pictures
Director: Andrew Niccol
Writer: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law,
Loren Dean, Gore Vidal, Ernest Borgnine
Gosh, it's bad enough that people are treated like...more |
