"Gattaca" (1997) is one of my absolute favorite Dystopian Science Fiction films. The story tells of a future in which people can be pre-screened for their abilities at birth, then predestined with their duties. For example, if at your birth your maximum IQ predictor reflects that you will be of average intelligence, you are then destined to having a "pencil pusher" type of career. However, if your predictors are lower than average, you can expect to have a life as a janitor - and vice versa for highly intelligent people. The highly accurate method of screening is all in the DNA, hence the title of the film (Guanine Adenine Thymine Thymine Adenine Cytosine Adenine), and it can predict almost everything from future IQ to entire lifetime medical makeup.
The film chronicles the life of two brothers, one predestined to be lower than average, and the other predestined to be of far superior mental and physical ability. The film is not exactly "in your face" dystopian sci fi horror, but one can imagine how truly awful life would be if people didn't actually have real belief in each other, regardless of how the odds may seem. The main point of "Gattaca" (1997) is the triumph of the human spirit in the face of almost certain adversity and failure. The film stars Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, and Gore Vidal. This is a film which should not be missed
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