Gattaca [1997 film]

by Andrew Niccol (Director)

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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.

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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 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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Vincent Freeman is geboren in een genetisch gemanipuleerde wereld waar alles op voorhand vastligt. Bijziend en gedoemd op 30-jarige leeftijd te sterven maakt hij geen enkele kans op carrière. Hij duikt onder, neemt de identiteit aan van Jerome, die kreupel is geworden na een ongeluk, en verwerft aanzien in een grote organisatie.
Vincent Freeman is geboren in een genetisch gemanipuleerde wereld waar alles op voorhand vastligt. Bijziend en gedoemd op 30-jarige leeftijd te sterven maakt hij geen enkele kans op carrière. Hij duikt onder, neemt de identiteit aan van Jerome, die kreupel is geworden na een ongeluk, en verwerft aanzien in een grote organisatie.
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Gattaca
USA 1997
GENERE: Fantasc. DURATA: 96′ VISIONE CONSIGLIATA: T
CRITICA: 2 PUBBLICO: 2
REGIA: Andrew Niccol
ATTORI: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Gore Vidal, Ernest Borgnine

In un futuro “non troppo lontano” il mondo è governato dall'ingegneria genetica che divide gli esseri umani in Validi (concepiti in provetta col DNA manipolato) e Non Validi (gli altri, nati col vecchio sistema), considerati dei paria. Per diventare cosmonauta ed essere inviato su Titano, un Non Valido ribelle (Hawke) assume l'identità anagrafica di un Valido (Law) finito su una sedia a rotelle e suo complice. Pericoli e peripezie. 1° film del neozelandese Niccol, anche sceneggiatore. Il quadro, cioè il show more racconto, è la descrizione lambiccata, irrigidita e un po' esangue di una distopia, cioè di una società dagli aspetti negativi e indesiderabili per un eccesso di sviluppo tecnocratico e di controllo statale. Ne risentono specialmente i personaggi, che risultano inadeguati in questo “nuovo mondo” alla Huxley così totalitario e “soft” nella mimetizzata violenza dei poteri. show less

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Canonical title
Gattaca [1997 film]
Original publication date
1997-10-24
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791.43Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsMovies, TV, VideoMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingMotion pictures
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PN1995.9 .S26Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaMotion pictures

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