Review of Gattaca (1997) by Jack Mathews for Los Angeles Times — 22 Aug 2008
Niccol's script, which has the earnest simplicity of a freshman philosophy paper, is merely naked exploitation, a sci-fi snow job that projects a contemporary ethical question--would a perfect human be human?--into a solemn future where the worst-case scenario unfolds as conventional Hollywood melodrama.
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This review of Gattaca (1997) was written by Jack Mathews and published by Los Angeles Times on 22 Aug 2008.
Gattaca has generally received very positive reviews.
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