Gattaca

by Andrew Niccol (Director)

Other authorsGore Vidal (Actor), Elias Koteas (Actor), Ethan Hawke (Actor), Blair Underwood (Actor), Michael Shamberg (Producer), Jude Law (Actor), Maya Rudolph (Actor), Uma Thurman (Actor), Michael Nyman (Composer), Andrew Niccol (Author), SÅ‚awomir Idziak (Cinematographer)18 more, Alan Arkin (Actor), Danny DeVito (Producer), Stacey Sher (Producer), Tony Shalhoub (Actor), Gabrielle Reece (Actor), Ernest Borgnine (Actor), Lisa Zeno Churgin (Editor), Loren Dean (Actor), Gail Lyon (Producer), William Lee Scott (Actor), Ken Marino (Actor), Chad Christ (Actor), Jayne Brook (Actor), Xander Berkeley (Actor), Dean Norris (Actor), Mason Gamble (Actor), Vincent Nielson (Actor), Cynthia Martells (Actor)
DVD, 2013

Description

Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1997

Physical description

7.5 inches

Publication

IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT (2013)

ISBN

0767805712 / 9780767805711

UPC

014381860924

Library's rating

½

Rating

½ (33 ratings; 3.9)

User reviews

LibraryThing member comfypants
A conventionally-born person hides in a society of engineered supermen.

Boring, and hopelessly in love with its own half-baked ideas. Niccol's idea of developing those ideas is to add more and more blunt metaphors, and not care that the movie does not work on a literal level. Lots of stuff happens
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which in a competently-written movie would be the elements of the plot, but in this movie, those things have almost no consequences. The characters must have been written by someone who's heard of human beings, but has never actually seen one in person. And the actors seem as bored with this movie as I am.

Concept: C
Story: F
Characters: F
Dialog: D
Pacing: F
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: D
Music: C

Enjoyment: F

GPA: 1.3/4
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