Editing Gattaca (section)

===Critical response===
''Gattaca'' received positive reviews from critics.  The film received an approval rating of 82% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 66 reviews, with a rating average of 7.1/10. The site's critical consensus states that "Intelligent and scientifically provocative, ''Gattaca'' is an absorbing sci-fi drama that poses important interesting ethical questions about the nature of science."<ref name=rt /> On [[Metacritic]], the film received "generally favorable" reviews with a score of 64 out of 100, based on 20 reviews.<ref name="metacritic" /> [[Siskel and Ebert]] gave the film two thumbs up on the October 25, 1997 episode of their program, with [[Gene Siskel]] commenting that the film had a "smart script".<ref>{{cite book |last1= Ebert |first1= Roger |last2= Siskel |first2= Gene |title= Gattaca/The House of Yes/A Life Less Ordinary/FairyTale: A True Story/Sunday  |date= 25 October 1997 |publisher= Buena Vista Television }}</ref> In his other review for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] stated, "This is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas."<ref name=ebert /> [[James Berardinelli]] praised it for "energy and tautness" and its "thought-provoking script and thematic richness."<ref name=reelviews />

Although critically acclaimed, ''Gattaca'' was not a box office success, but it is said to have crystallized the debate over the controversial topic of [[human genetic engineering]].<ref name="darnovsky" /><ref name=popemcroberts /> The film's [[dystopia]]n depiction of "[[genoism]]" has been cited by many [[bioethicist]]s and laypeople in support of their hesitancy about, or opposition to, eugenics and the societal acceptance of the [[genetic determinism|genetic-determinist]] ideology that may frame it.<ref name="kirby" /> In a 1997 review of the film for the journal ''Nature Genetics'', molecular biologist [[Lee M. Silver]] stated that "''Gattaca'' is a film that all geneticists should see if for no other reason than to understand the perception of our trade held by so many of the public-at-large".<ref name="silver" />