Uma Thurman Books

Superbit=god.

Well not really, but you get my point.

Does anyone else see the correlation between the letters of the title and DNA sequences? A friend pointed this out to me, I hadn't noticed before.

Love, love, LOVE this movie. Probably one of my top three. If you have half a brain, you should probably own it.

This movie needs to be watch at least twice, in order to capture all the nuances of the detailed plot, the cinematography, and the superb acting. I never, ever get tired of watching this movie.

This movie is a post modern classic. Wonderfully filmed, with a great story. It is not science fiction, though it might sort of fit the genre. It is more along the lines of Farenheit 451, a Clock Work Orange, and 1984.

I bought this movie to show my class of lower level bio kids, generally kids who are checked out of school. Some of the details had to be reviewed that they didn't quite understand, but they understood the movie overall. Even better, the discussion we had after the movie was AMAZING. They really were able to relate the movie well to modern issues and many were able to uncover the layers of symbolism and imagery in the film. There were more than a few comments that caused me to respond "I hadn't even thought about that!" This was a much better vehicle for thinking about ethical issues realted to technology than any article I could have found. We are also relating parts of the movie to our new unit on genetics, something I hadn't even anticipated would happen. Overall, I would highly recommend this film for other bio teachers to use during their DNA units.

At first glance, it may look like any other film. But it truly is a sci-fi film and a brilliant one at that. People in the future can choose to have the perfect baby, without ailments and without defects. This is a story of one man, who wasn't so lucky. Ethan Hawke is broodingly perfect in this. His heartfelt performance really carries this film. Jude Law's small but heartbreaking role should not be missed either. Yes its sci-fi, but its so unconventional, you don't need to be a fan to watch this, or vice versa. Its dramatic and depressing and often beautiful too.

This movie is a post modern classic. Wonderfully filmed, with a great story. It is not science fiction, though it might sort of fit the genre. It is more along the lines of Farenheit 451, a Clock Work Orange, and 1984.

I bought this movie to show my class of lower level bio kids, generally kids who are checked out of school. Some of the details had to be reviewed that they didn't quite understand, but they understood the movie overall. Even better, the discussion we had after the movie was AMAZING. They really were able to relate the movie well to modern issues and many were able to uncover the layers of symbolism and imagery in the film. There were more than a few comments that caused me to respond "I hadn't even thought about that!" This was a much better vehicle for thinking about ethical issues realted to technology than any article I could have found. We are also relating parts of the movie to our new unit on genetics, something I hadn't even anticipated would happen. Overall, I would highly recommend this film for other bio teachers to use during their DNA units.

At first glance, it may look like any other film. But it truly is a sci-fi film and a brilliant one at that. People in the future can choose to have the perfect baby, without ailments and without defects. This is a story of one man, who wasn't so lucky. Ethan Hawke is broodingly perfect in this. His heartfelt performance really carries this film. Jude Law's small but heartbreaking role should not be missed either. Yes its sci-fi, but its so unconventional, you don't need to be a fan to watch this, or vice versa. Its dramatic and depressing and often beautiful too.

Ten years after the movie they have gone and done it. We now know how the genetic make-up of human beings. Some Job descriptions even say without consideration of age, race, religion or genetics. We also have electric cars and wrist radios. This is no longer sci-fi; it is speculative fiction. Or at least it is speculative. Anyway I have a friend that had a back problem in his youth. They left some dye in him and it was spotted during a job interview physical for a desk job; you guessed it.

Anyway this is a spectacular film. The sound track helped support the movie. They did a good job of picking the actors. The characters were believable. Uma did not even have to show her Thurman's. Ethan did a convincing transformation and Jude was good enough that you almost thought the film was about him. The scenes were breath taking. I was most impressed with the sunrise on the solar panels and the swim competition.

Two points to look for on your second viewing are:
1. Several times the brothers compete physically and logically. Even with his handicapped origin Ethan Hawke" Vincent Freeman" surpasses his brother Loren Dean "Anton."
2. Jude Law "Jerome Eugene Morrow" Was not without ambition. He was disappointed that his advantage was not advantageous enough for the gold and receives his gold thought the actions of Vincent.

Vincent who was conceived in the Rivera, as child of God (taking their chances) must compete in a world where all the negative genetic dispositions are usually removed as was his brother's case. Vincent is tagged for failure at birth. To overcome this social barrier and obtain his goal of going into space, he borrows the genes of an athlete gone astray. The director where he is working (GATTACA) is killed as the last obstacle to the mission. Will Vincent be found out? Irene (Uma Thurman) suspects the number one candidate for the space trip Jerome of the murder. She never suspects that he is really Vincent.

Bottom line is if you aren't genetically correct the movie may scare you.

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Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) is a "love child" - that is, he was conceived (at some time in the techno-marvel future) without benefit of the genetic engineering utilized by all sensible parents in this New Age. While this engineering cannot transform ordinary DNA into extraordinary DNA, it can eliminate potential genetic flaws, select for sex and appearance, and generally ensure that Baby represents the Best Of Mom And Dad. Vincent's parent's failure to utilize this technology results in a baby who is horribly nearsighted, and who has a serious heart defect that projects a lifespan of only 30 years. This DNA profile places Vincent close to the bottom of the social, economic, and professional scale in the New Age, where opportunity is linked to a great set of genes. Vincent's chastened parents don't make the same mistake with their second baby, and place their hopes on their younger son, giving Vincent embarrassed, qualified affection, and little in the way of goals, expectations, or hope.

Vincent, however, grows up with more spirit than might be expected, and ultimately refuses to be defined by his genetic profile (hence the not too subtle choice of surname, Freeman). He dreams of going into space and spends all his spare time studying and acquiring knowledge that might, with a different DNA profile, have allowed him to realize his dreams.

After years of mopping floors and cleaning toilets, Vincent is desperate to obtain a position at an aeronautics company where he can perform work that might bring him closer to his goal. He decides to become a "de-gene-erate": someone with a low-value DNA profile who uses a "borrowed ladder", or a high-quality DNA profile, obtained from the owner of a more fortunate set of chromosomes.

Vincent locates Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a former Olympic athlete now living in isolation, and confined to a wheelchair after an accident caused by his own drunkenness. Morrow has a stellar DNA profile that puts him in the 99th percentile of the population. His bitterness over his lost glory and hopeless future persuade him to "lend" his DNA profile to Vincent. This transfer requires Vincent, among other things, to have his legs lengthened in painful operations so that he is as tall as Morrow, and to change his appearance in other ways in order to resemble Morrow's photo ID and genetic description as far as possible. Vincent has to have dental work done, has microscopically fine fingerprint covers made, scrubs off as much of his own body hair and skin cells as possible each day, and carries Jerome's urine around with him, as company employees have to submit to a urine test every day, designed to detect just this kind of deception. Vincent even puts a few of Jerome's hairs on the comb he keeps in his desk drawer, in case of a routine check.

Finally, with the help of Jerome's "ladder", Vincent is accepted at the aeronautics company, where his superior work comes in for praise ("not one mistake in a million keystrokes"). However, complications ensue: Vincent falls in love with a beautiful colleague (his then-wife Uma Thurman) and is faced with the dilemma of whether to tell her what he really is, especially as she seems to suspect something unusual about him from the beginning - she steals a hair from his office comb (fortunately, Jerome's hair) to have tested at a DNA lab.

The crisis that propels the film to its conclusion is a murder at the aeronautics company that brings in the police. By a fluke of fate, Vincent's younger (and supposedly genetically superior) brother is assigned to work the case with an older officer played by Alan Arkin. Vincent's brother eventually works out who "Jerome" really is. The confrontation between the two, and the younger brother's incredulous disbelief that Vincent has performed such high-level work with such inferior DNA, is sad and gripping.

Vincent has to use all his wits, risking life and limb to protect his new life, his relationship with Thurman, his dreams, and the opportunity he knows he will never have again if his true identity is discovered.

This story of how one man manages to confound the destiny arbitrarily laid out for him is well-acted, well-written, and well-produced. Hawke is excellent as the determined Vincent, and Jude Law gives a fine performance as the embittered Jerome. The evolving relationship of the two men, as they share one identity, is at least as interesting as Vincent's relationship with Thurman.

The film is not, however, without narrative issues. One is that, although we do see Vincent reading up on space travel over time as he grows up, the idea that he steps into a position at the aeronautics company fully prepared to perform his work there, with no previous experience, is a bit far-fetched. But an even greater issue in this otherwise well-crafted story, is that it never addreseses why Vincent's obvious intelligence doesn't register on his DNA profile, along with his bad heart and weak eyes. Given the abstruse work Vincent later performs as "Jerome Morrow", it is not plausible that his intellectual abilities do not also appear in his DNA profile. Equally implausible is a world obsessed only with physical perfection, but indifferent to intellecutal perfection. Perhaps the story's creators wanted to sidestep the sticky issue of the role genetics play in intelligence, or do not accept that role; or, perhaps they viewed acknowledging such a role in intelligence as part of the problem the film explores: genetic (read: ethnic/racial) pigeonholing. Regardless, the omission is glaring, and begs questions that the film fails to answer.

Those issues aside, this is a superior sci-fi, whose warnings are timely in an era when genetic maniuplation is marching inexorably forward, and that asks us to remember that each human being harbors a non-quantifiable mystery of individuality and possibility.

I just received this book a couple of weeks ago. I have not yet read it, and therefore cannot give it a review. However, it was highly recommended to me by two co-workers. Other than that, I did receive my product in a timely manner, which is very important to me. This was my first time to do business with Amazon, and it was a pleasant experience.

I read this book after reading "The Started Wife" (which I enjoyed) and threw it out, waste of time.

Wonderful Anytime Read...I bought the book because I really enjoyed The Starter Wife. Gigi impressed me with this book and I would highly recommend this book to others. It's a good book that one can talk about with friends, or in my case co-workers.

Although I think Sex and the City, the book, was just average (unlike the TV series, which was fantastic), by comparison with Maneater, Gigi Levangie Grazer makes Candace Bushnell look like Leo Tolstoy.

Oh, my God, I can hardly believe how bad this book is. Clarissa is one of the most annoying and shallow characters in publishing history, and there's nothing in the "people" who surround her that's is even slightly interesting. I would criticize the plot for being stupid, but it's more accurate to say that there's no plot--and not a single well-written sentence either.

The only thing Maneater is good for is as proof that today in publishing is not what you know, but who you know. If Gigi weren't the wife of producer Brian Grazer, this ridiculous novel would have never left the slush pile.

Was this book supposed to be funny, humorous, or at least enjoyable?
I don't think it has any of these characteristics. The neurotic nature of the main character Clarissa was not different than other chick lit characters that I have read before. After reading the positive reviews, I really wanted to like this book, but somehow it just fell short. Clarissa was not a like-able character.

I kept looking for some redeeming quality about this novel, but it continued to fall short of expectations. Also, could the plot-line have been anymore predictable? LA Valley girl manages to marry rich guy, it turns out he isn't rich after all, she decides to stay with him anyhow, for love.

To me, that sounds more like something you'd expect from a 1950's Marilyn Monroe movie, not a 21st century novel. Also, do chick lit heroines ever do anything beside be a) novelists, b) columnists for local/alternative newspapers, or c) editor for a magazine? Author alert: it is just plain lazy to think that every character is a writer, if your imagination is so limited, then maybe you shouldn't be one. Write more original characters - it might actually add some much needed character dimension.