"Consider God's handiwork: who can straighten what he hath made crooked?" (Ecclesiastes 7:13). Such is the opening quote and the thesis of director Andrew Nichol's film Gattaca (1997). Although the film is based on the lives of genetically engineered human beings and the effects that such have on the "invalids", that is those who are "God-children", it deeply criticises the values of a society of "valids" through its satirical tone and the use of film noir techniques. …showed first 75 words of 959 total…

…showed last 75 words of 959 total…the child that is "simply the best of [them]." The note to viewers at the beginning of the film, stating that it is set in the "not too distant future" can be read as a warning that society is headed straight in the direction of the mentioned scenario. Although Niccol is respectful to the need for genetic research, the message of his film screams that there is only so far that science can safely go.