People are voting emotionally.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Great concept, interesting story I guess? definitely loses itself toward the end. Worth watching but I wouldn't buy it on blu-ray.6/10: It's okay.Blu-ray: No

It just gave something to me. Like a spiritual insight. You feel richer somehow after you see this movie, at least this is what a I felt. It was done so well. The lightning, the whole mood, it was perfect to the last detail. A masterpiece. Art.

In my daily interactions with friends, coworkers, family and others the topic of movies comes up. I like to share my favorite movies as well as my favorite genre of movies. Inevitably someone will have a suggestion for me and I have one or more for them. Gattaca was one such suggestion.In the not-too-distant future DNA is everything. No longer are parents leaving reproduction to chance. Now they can choose things like gender, eye color, physical prowess, intelligence and more. They can even genetically weed out things like heart disease, mental illness or violent tendencies. This is the world in which Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) lives. A genetically sanitized world in which people are now discriminated against because of their inferior genetic makeup through a form of bigotry called "genoism" (these are humans after all so discrimination of some kind has to exist). Vincent tries to make it in a society that has already deemed him of a lower caste due to his natural non-genetically altered birth.Sci-fi movies dealing with genes and DNA usually go one of two ways: cloning or genetic altering (and sometimes both). This movie went the route of genetic altering and did a fairly good job at it. The scientists weren't creating a new species of human beings; they were just trying to perfect those that were coming into existence. I'm surprised I'd never seen or even heard of this movie as it is right up my alley. This was a well-thought out sci-fi with a whodunnit added in there. It really focused on mankind's shortcomings at playing god no matter what knowledge and tools are at his disposal. The science fiction portion wasn't too technical and the dialogue throughout was OK. It was truly intriguing just to see how far Vincent would go to achieve his goals in a society that has predetermined his failure.

Everyone I knew loved the science fiction film Gattaca, so by the time I watched it, it had quite a bit of hype to live up to. Surprisingly, it lived up to every bit of it, and I really enjoyed the movie! Coming from someone who generally hates futuristic movies, my recommendation should be duly noted.Imagine going to the doctor's office with your spouse, after deciding you want to have a child, and hand-selecting genes from your marital pool. Your husband's blue eyes, your cheekbones, your eyesight, your husband's height, etc. In Gattaca's world, that's what parents-to-be can do! I thought that concept was extremely alluring, and when I learned the main plot was about a "love child"—someone who was conceived the old-fashioned way—who tries to fit in among a world of perfect beings, including his hand-picked brother, I was sold.Ethan Hawke takes the leading role as the imperfect man, and he gives the performance of his career. While he's been typecast now in deadbeat-Dad roles, Gattaca reminds audiences how he started his career, as a handsome, likable leading man. His inner conflict is palpable through the screen, and in the many scenes that threaten exposure of his true identity, audiences are nearly tortured with tension.Uma Thurman plays Ethan's love interest, and they fell in love offscreen during the filming. If you tell yourself to forget that their marriage didn't last, it's pretty cute to see them on screen together. Taking third billing is Jude Law, very well-cast as a genetically perfect man. While his part of the story is pretty sad, he gives a very powerful and memorable performance. If you've never seen him in a movie or don't usually like him, this is a great one to watch.Fans of this genre will almost undoubtedly love this movie, and as proved by my glowing review, even people who prefer more realistic settings will probably still love it. Yes, it takes place in the future, but the performances bring an incredible amount of realism and emotional tension to the film.