DVD - Gattaca

Gattaca is a 1997 sci-fi film starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law. It’s set in the near future (approximately 2027, if I remember correctly), however, the near future to the film makers in 1997 was a lot different than what can probably expect in less than twenty years. Let’s hope so anyways. Ethan Hawke plays Vincent, an in-valid, one of the rare individuals conceived the old fashioned way as opposed to being genetically engineered for the most perfect gene combination based on the parents. Vincent wants nothing more than to travel into space, but because of his poor DNA he is shut out of any possibilities but the most menial. He hatches a plan to pass as a valid and work for Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. Uma Thurman plays Cassini, a genetically engineered but slightly flawed valid who works at Gattaca. She ends up working with and secretly falling in love with Vincent. Jude Law plays Jerome Morrow, a valid engineered to be “second to none”, but a freak accident leaves him paralyzed and unable to fulfill his dreams. Vincent and Jerome make an unlikely alliance to help Vincent realize his dreams, but the death of mission director can ruin all their plans. Gattaca is a futuristic film that shows how far the human spirit will take one to reach his dreams. It is part drama, part murder mystery, part fantasy….a modern day classic. Definitely worth the rent ( I own it.)