Gattaca (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Gattaca (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Beautifully shot
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is really really good-looking. It is essentially a murder mystery wrapped in science-fiction coating. Ethan Hawke plays an over-ambitious man who dreams of becoming an astronaut. Jude Law extracts pity as a crippled man confined to a wheelchair. The movie's message is that a child's physical or biological traits at birth, or even till age 10, cannot accurately predict how he/she would do in later life.Movie Review: Gattaca
Summary: 4 Stars
I used this movie in my, "Intro to Moral Philosophy" class. The ethical issues that are raised evoked much dialogue among my students. Many had not seen the movie and found it thought-provoking.Movie Review: Gattaca
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie. I have seen it several times. I use it when I teach my genetics unit and the students really like it, because of its modern ators/actresses and its twisting plot.Movie Review: Very good movie...=)
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is slow at first but the theme is very good "there is no gene for the human spirit"... Being a teen friendly PG13 I recommend this title for watching with the family...Movie Review: the more i thought about it, the less i liked it.
Summary: 3 Stars
In a future where genetic manipulation has reached the point that most sicknesses and defects can be eliminated at conception, one man (whose parents didn't opt for this procedure) faces discrimination from more "perfect" people. He finds a way to pose as a genetically perfect person so he can pursue his dream of being an astronaut, but a murder investigation stands the chance of exposing him...
Although competently made, the film suffers from being overly-preachy -- based (intentionally?) on a misunderstanding of eugenics -- and in itself has a couple of gaping plot holes. Add to that Uma Thurmon's utterly lifeless performance and lack of chemistry with the rest of the cast, and you have a film that has a hint of potential that it fails to live up to.
I *tried* to like this film, too. I'm surprised there is such a "cult" following for it. At best it is worth watching once.