Patrick Gage Kelley

The real question: Why have I not seen this movie till now (or, last weekend as it were)? Where were my friends who should have been saying, Patrick – don’t you want to see Gattaca? Where was Netflix, telling me that I had missed a movie which is full of actors and actresses I like, has an interesting sci-fi plot, is well written, and pretty to watch? Where were all of you?

So yes, I enjoyed Gattaca, and if you like Uma Thurman or Jude Law (or even Ethan Hawke, though I wasn’t sure I liked him till now I suppose) or if you need a good science fictiony movie where they can print out your entire genetic code on a piece of paper only eight feet long, or you are just bored, you should likely spend some time with Gattaca.

For those of you who like complaints or possibly want to hate this movie, I will now provide two possible reasons:

1. I personally can’t stand movies where the entire set-up leads you to believe something bad must happen and you must sit in constant foreshadowed terror for the inevitable. And they did this a whole lot.
2. Whenever there is a mystery, and there is a slight keyboard to the head bashing mystery going on, you need a bunch of possible characters who could have committed it. This movie only has one. Right, just one. So it isn’t exactly a stumper.