Gattaca: Critic Reviews

An impressively fine-tuned first feature from Andrew Niccol.

If smart sci-fi is your vial of tea, Gattaca won't disappoint.

At a time when we read about cloned sheep and tomatoes crossed with fish, the science in Gattaca is theoretically possible.

I didn't care enough about Hawke's character to ignore a big problem in the story's logic: if this future has such incredible biotechnology, why can't Law just get his damaged body parts fixed?

One of first Hollywood films about the effects of genetic engineering on human conduct, Andrew Niccol's directing debut is an intelligent and timely sci-fi that, despite some illogical plot contrivances, is emotionally engaging almost up to the end.

Designer babies rule dystopia in stylish SF thriller filled with recycled plot devices.

When they sculpted the DNA for the perfect race in Gattaca, somebody left out the gene for self-knowledge.

Gattaca doesn't just function as a science fiction thriller, but as both a cautionary tale about the dangers of letting scientific ability outstrip ethics and as a morality play about the irrationality of bigotry.

It's far too serious to be taken seriously.

It predicts the way the world would change in 2001--and how our films would reflect that change.

Ripe for reappraisal...the storytelling integrity and thoughtful themes of a good novel.

A modern sci-fi classic comes home to high-def in a gorgeous new transfer.

This stately, stunningly beautiful picture evokes a future in which present-day prejudices and neuroses have been taken to new, insidious scientifically rationalized heights.

Intelligent and suspenseful.

Andrew Niccol signe avec Gattaca une %u0153uvre de science-fiction dont l'intelligence n'a d'egal que son raffinement exceptionnel sur le plan esthetique et narratif.

Chilly, elegant, and a little bloodless.

One of my favorite sci-fi films of recent years.

A cautionary tale of the dangers of unchecked technology, Gattaca would have benefited from a more assured directing hand.

There's a window on a possible future, a warning about the wages of sin, and enough beauty to make this a lasting classic of modern science fiction.

O interessante conceito se dilui em uma trama policial obvia.

It's not the meek who have inherited the Earth, but genetic freaks....this visionary science-fiction drama is a marvel of futuristic art and costume design on a spare budget.

A well-directed, visually stunning morally complex tale. There is no gene for a good movie.

Despite its flaws, this is still a fascinating story, and adequate performances by Hawke, Law, and Uma Thurman.

A spare, intelligent thriller from first-time writer-director Andrew Niccol.

This is a thought-provoking film, an effective wake-up call to those who glorify science.