Description Vincent is an outsider, meaning that his birth was natural making him 'In-valid'. The world in which he lives is ruled by 'designer people' - that is, people forged in test tubes. He is only able to pursue his goal of a mission to space by buying prime genetic material from a 'Valid' and forge a new identity. This done he meets Irene, another 'Valid', but a week before his flight a Gattaca mission director is brutally murdered...
| Credits | | Producer: | Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher | | Score Composer: | Michael Nyman |
Editorial Reviews "...GATTACA is bolstered by an elaborate, often impressive series of riffs on identity and disguise..." Sight and Sound - p.48-9 - Jonathan Romney (03/01/1998)
"...If smart sci-fi is your vial of tea, GATTACA won't disappoint..." -- 3 out of 4 stars USA Today - p.6D - Susan Wloszczyna
"...Corporal paranoia transforms suspense into pleasurable dread..." -- Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly - p.82 - Troy Patterson (05/08/1998)
"...A handsome and fully imagined work of cautionary futuristic fiction....An impressively fine-tuned first feature..." New York Times - p.E18 - Janet Maslin (10/24/1997)
"...If smart sci-fi is your vial of tea, GATTACA won't disappoint..." -- 3 out of 4 stars USA Today - p.6D - Susan Wloszczyna (10/24/1997)
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