Why does everyone love this movie?
Underdogs, sticking it to the man, engaging with our sense of justice and living the American Dream! Or something.
Genetic Determinism
The world of Gattaca banks on this big-time, but in real it’s much more complicated. Nature AND nurture. People are more than the genes they start with.
Designer Babies
Current practices with in vitro and in vivo baby testing. Down syndrome.
The New Eugenics
Racism. “Positive” and “negative.” American eugenics programs. Medical choices are eugenic.
Genetic Discrimination
Loooooong list of inconveniences Ethan Hawke has to keep up with to not get caught. Financial arrangements. Colloquial speech in Andrew Niccol’s films.
