From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Arthur Lipscomb  wrote:   
   >1/3/2026 6:42 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>Arthur Lipscomb  wrote:   
      
   >>>Gattaca (4K disc) 1997 movie, written and directed by Andrew Niccol, set   
   >>>in a dystopian society where people are genetically engineered to be   
   >>>perfect.  Ethan Hawke stars a regular human who pretends to be   
   >>>genetically engineered so he can get ahead in life, and take part in a   
   >>>manned mission to one of Saturn's moons.  But Hawke's false life is put   
   >>>in jeopardy when someone at the company where Hawke works is murdered,   
   >>>and a DNA sweep reveals someone without genetic engineering is working   
   >>>there.  The movie holds up well enough.   
      
   >>I really enjoyed this movie.   
      
   >If you've seen it before there are lots of little details you'll pickup   
   >on a second watch.  In particularly during the police   
   >investigation...comments the lead detective makes that clues you in he   
   >knew a lot more from the start than he originally let on.   
      
   I agree. Alan Arkin pretty much states the backstory in a few lines of   
   dialogue. However, I found Gore Vidal and the murder mystery a distraction   
   from the main theme of the story.   
      
   Makeup and hair gave Uma Thurman a rather severe look. "I obey,   
   Mistress."   
      
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