Gattaca

I'm not sure if anyone has the same Ethan Hawke bias I have, but try to get over it long enough to appreciate this movie. It's very clever short story type science fiction about a future where your entire life is determined right down to your cause of death within thirty seconds of being born. Those who aren't physically strong, as a result, get no better job than, say, janitor. As a result, they have created a process where you can pick the best qualities of each parent and produce a super child. Hawke was born the old fashioned way (a "God child," they call him), Uma Thurman is one of the test tube prodigies. Hawke fakes the identity of another wunderkind who is now handicapped in order to infiltrate Gattaca and go up on a space launch. Hawke, however, must take very special care to conceal his true identity. Even en eyelash picked up by the cleanup crew could give him away. This movie didn't quite find a mass audience in the theater, but don't be surprised if it becomes a cult classic.