My expectations were high as I am very keen on films with a dystopian slant. The overall concept was very interesting and the film was generally well executed. However, I felt it lacked depth in development of the themes or the characters themselves. Hawke has a sneering look that I just don't like either. Overall it could have been a lot better, and goes down as a bit of a missed opportunity.

Forget what you may have heard, this is a bad movie. It's as boring as sci-fi movies can get, and the resolution is a major disappointment on every level.

Good movie, saw it in biology, intriguing and overall good movie.

Interesting look at the future. Coulda been better if the plot had some extra material to carry the movie forward on other than the gene code obsession. Detective being the brother of the "borrowed ladder" was kinda cheap coincidence. Sounded almost like a B-class Turkish movie. And the meeting scene of brothers lacked grip. Nice movie nonetheless. Not your ordinary flick.

Original both aesthetics and ideas. But it's quite cerebral and cold.

'Gattaca' isn't about genetic engineering, it's about the American Dream. Like 'Rocky', Vincent is the underdog in everyone's eyes. The big difference being Vincent was born an underdog. The tension on whether people will discover Vincent for all of his genetic faults and the stumbling blocks he hits on the way to his goal has you investing yourself in him as you would Rocky. 'Gattaca' is a story of determination and sacrifice masked as a sci-fi epic. It's impossible not to be motivated by it.

Unique atmosphere and look. Interesting story, not too heavy handed.

A little slow at times but it delivers great discussion material as every sci-fi film should. I will admit that you can tell that the filmakers did not have the largest budget. Gattaca provides an brief glimpse into Niccol's future in which a person's genetic makeup is the last frontier of bias. This film is pretty yet sparse, the score is monotonous and bland, and the characters are also remarkably dull. This appears intentional yet it doesn't help with replayability which hurt my score.

incredible film

Seen too many of these before I saw this one, but it's probably one of the better of its kind (futuristic distopia - humans to be products of and for a society)