Gattaca (1997)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Writer/Director: Andrew Niccol

Cinematographer: Slawomir Idziak

Composer: Michael Nyman

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Alan Arkin, Xander Berkeley

In a future where genetic engineering has become the norm, and genomism has become rife, Vincent, an aspiring astronaut who was conceived the old fashioned way, chases his dreams with the blood, sweat, and tears (and urine) of another man, Jerome, a genetically great but wheelchair-bound Englishman; all goes well until a grisly murder brings unwanted attention on his workplace, the Gattaca Corp, putting in doubt his chances of achieving his ambition of space travel, in Niccol’s assured and thoughtful sci-fi thriller. Iain.Stott