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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: 90'S GRAB BAG: Gattaca (1997)
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide and depiction of suicide, eugenics, disability.
This week we discuss a film that honestly deserves a better status than cult classic. The sheer ingenuity and thoughtfulness baked into a science fiction parable about eugenics from 1997 is remarkable. Andrew Niccol has made some other great films along the way, but this stands apart as a finely crafted piece; not perfect, but not needing to be. And then you have truly great performances from three actors either on the verge or...