DeVito produced it? Sweet. He also produces It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Danny DeVito rocks.

One of the best movies I've ever seen, always wondered why it doesn't get more recognition.

One of the best and most underrated sci-fi flicks of the 90s. I thought Andrew Niccol was going to become a brilliant sci-fi filmmaker, but he hasn't really done anything close to Gattaca since.

Excellent movie. Prophetic.

Fantastic science fiction. Great cinematography too.

Favorite movie of all time.

It still holds up well after a decade. You can't say that about most sci-fi movies.

Yay Gattaca! What an amazing film (plus, Uma!). The best dystopian pic since Blade Runner. Damn, now I'm gonna have to watch both of those pictures. Thanks a lot, io9; stupid internet power of suggestion.

I'd hardly call Blade Runner dystopian. Other than flying cars and space-flights to the outer rim, it was more or less New York.

Now, Logan's Run, on the other hand...

blade runner is a perfect example of dystopia, new york or not.

@ViperPilot: Am I being trolled? How's this, even if we don't agree on it being dystopian for the humans, how about for the replicants?

Re: Gattaca...just finished watching it again for the first time in a couple of years. It's still awesome. Forgot about Alan Arkin and Ernest Borgnine being in it. Plus, electric Avanti; I want it!

Personally, I never bought the ending. You know, the part where Ethan Hawke decides to go to Jupiter for four years rather than stay on Earth and continue sleeping with young Uma Thurman? I just doesn't add up!

I love this movie. I can't tell you how many times it has been the cure for my insomnia!

Back in college, whenever I needed to sleep, I just popped in the dvd, started watching, and a few minutes later I was out.

I love the movie itself though, that's why I bought it. As a biology nerd, it is interesting to me. As a quiet guy that works hard, it's inspirational. As a guy who has spent time at the Detroit "Riviera," it confuses me because very little around this poor city is very romantic...

As for what ZombieSpiderman posted above... hot chicks stop being hot. Being awesome lasts forever.

@ViperPilot:

Did I just read this correctly? You really think Blade runner wasn't the picture of a dystopian future?

Love Gattaca. Uma never looked as hot.

It may be overlooked in some circles, but not by medical ethicists. Two chaptgers in the forthcoming collection 'Bioethics Through Film' will consider different perspectives on 'gattaca'. There will also be chapters on Blade Runner, Eternal Sunshine, and other films of SF interest. (Yes, I wrote one, so it's a plug!)

I have a Gattaca ball cap. Does that count for anything?

My fav sf movie. Though the thing about...holding it with the right hand...was kinda dubious :)

Damn fine movie.

Didn't know DeVito did it though. Pretty cool.

I, too, enjoyed the heck out of this movie but was always honked off by Ethan's parents. If I recall, they had the option of fixing his defects before birth but didn't. To me, that places them squarely in the same camp with some ultra-religious parents that deny their children medical treatment because it offends God or some such nonsense.

That is: if you have the option of using science and technology to help your children and don't, you're kind of a jerk.

It's been a while since since I last saw this movie, but was there a financial element? Could his parents just not afford it? That would make their decision more understandable. But I seem to remember the mother objecting on moral grounds. Can anybody help me out?

gybrant, the film does talk about some parents preferring to take their chances with 'faith babies', but since Vincent's parents have another child who has been selected/modified, it doesn't seem likely that they'd have moral objections to the tech.

Damn fine soundtrack, too -- Michael Nyman's Gattaca. A certain Mr. Joss Whedon said he likes to listen to it when he writes things like "Serenity" scripts.