1997 · sci-fi · drama · thriller
Gattaca
Directed by Andrew Niccol1h 47m1997
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.
Our read: Gattaca (1997) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive sci-fi · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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