The 1997 sci-fi movie Gattaca has an all-star cast that includes Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke and a memorable ending that makes for a very satisfying movie-watching experience. The film stands out because it has sci-fi elements but a love story as well, and this combination makes it incredibly engaging. Audiences and critics alike loved Gattaca. The film has an 82% rating on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer and an 87% Audience Score.

From the fast-paced storyline to the shocking ending, Gattaca is definitely a movie to remember. The Gattaca ending is meaningful and sure to make audiences think long and hard about the choices that the characters make throughout the story.

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What Is Gattaca About?

Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman in Gattaca

Gattaca tells the story of a future where people practice eugenics and this affects both conception and how someone will be able to live their life. If someone is an "invalid," their parents conceived them without any help and they are likely to have genetic illnesses. If someone is a "valid," they were created on purpose.

Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) is the main character whose parents had him the natural way and who learns that he won't live past his early 30s as a result. There are many great movies starring Ethan Hawke and he has played so many different kinds of characters. This time, he's a man who is angry about the situation that he finds himself in and desperate to find a way out. Even though this is thankfully not a world that audiences live in, Vincent's plight and pain are relatable.

He and his brother Anton (Loren Dean) have a terrible relationship since Anthon was conceived using some help. Vincent decides to get a job at Gattaca Aerospace Corporation pretending to be a "valid" instead of an "in-valid." Of course, this causes huge problems, although Vincent remains determined to forge ahead with his journey.

Vincent and Irene Cassini (Uma Thurman), his co-worker at Gattaca, start a relationship, although she thinks that he's Jerome Eugene Morrow since this is the name that he's going by. Jude Law played the real Jerome Morrow. Vincent uses Jermone's DNA to make sure that no one finds out that he has a heart problem. While it might seem amazing that Jermone agrees to this, he seems to be a kind person who wants to help out. And Vincent doesn't think twice about using his identity.

It's fascinating comparing Vincent to Hawke's The Black Phone villain The Grabber. While Vincent doesn't kill anyone, he does make some questionable moral choices... or does he? Gattaca does a great job of presenting the impossible moral dilemma that Vincent finds himself in. Is he right to pretend to be someone else because it's unfair how the world is treating him? Or should he be honest about who he is and accept his fate? There are no easy answers here, just like there wouldn't be in this was actually happening.

How Does Gattaca End?

Ethan Hawke in Gattaca

Gattaca ends with Vincent and Anton playing "chicken" in a pool one again, which echoes what they did as children. Although Anton almost drowns, Vincent knows that he has to make sure that his brother survives. Vincent wants to keep pretending to be Jermone when Gattaca is ready to launch. He finds out from Dr. Lamar (Xander Berkeley) that he is onto his scheme but is going to pretend that Vincent is really a valid. Dr. Lamar says that his son is in a similar position of ill health, and they are hoping that Vincent will make it. This is a sad, beautiful and moving moment that proves why Gattaca is a '90s movie that still holds up many years later.

The final scene of Gattaca is heartbreaking. When the rocket gets ready, Vincent realizes that Jermone gave him a lock of hair. Jermone then kills himself because he doesn't want anyone to learn what Vincent did. Many fans of Gattaca thinks that Vincent dies as well because he has a heart condition, and it would be tough for him to survive on the rocket.

While Gattaca and Sinister, another beloved and popular Ethan Hawke movie, couldn't be more different, they do share a bleak and dark conclusion. The ending of the horror movie Sinister sees Hawke's true crime writer character Ellison Oswalt dying at the hands of his daughter Ashley (Clare Foley) who has been possessed by the demon Bughuul. In both movies, Hawke's characters

While Gattaca isn't exactly a forgotten sci-fi movie from the '90s, it isn't a film that is brought up often. However, that's definitely a shame because the ending is thought-provoking. Vincent wanted to have an adventure and prove to everyone around him that his birth can't define him. But if he doesn't survive, is the end result the same? It's an interesting question that suggests that, corny as it might sound, the journey is more important and meaningful than the destination.

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