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Gattaca

Gattaca

1997
106 min
Thriller Science Fiction Mystery Romance

Plot Summary

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He 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.

7.6
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Ratings & Reviews

7.6
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Technical Details

106 min
Runtime
1997-09-07
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
1997
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Thriller Science Fiction Mystery Romance

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CaseyReese

CaseyReese

8.0/10
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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7.0/10
Recent

"Vincent" (Ethan Hawke) is determined that he wants to travel into space, but is deemed unsuitable by the genetically motivated authorities who decide these things. Luckily for him, he knows "Jerome" (Jude Law). He was in a nasty car accident that has left his paraplegic - but nonetheless, his genetics do qualify for the upper echelons of society necessary to go up in a rocket. The pair quickly establish a partnership by which the latter man develops some techniques to fool the detection devices...

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Wuchak

Wuchak

6.0/10
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***The eugenics-obsessed future in 40s/50s noir*** Several decades in the future liberal eugenics is normal and discrimination is practiced to distinguish "valids" from "in-valids," the latter conceived by natural means and therefore more susceptible to genetic defects. Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is an in-valid who assumes the identity of a disabled valid (Jude Law) in order to fulfill his dream of space travel. Uma Thurman and Gore Vidal are also on hand. "Gattaca" (1997) is a sci-fi drama “te...

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