Ethan Hawke has only starred in films that got negative critical reviews.
Dead Poets Society . The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success . Ethan Hawke . He then appeared in numerous films before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites , for which he received critical praise . His other films include the science fiction drama Gattaca ( 1997 ) , the contemporary adaptation of Hamlet ( 2000 ) , the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 ( 2005 ) , the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead ( 2007 ) , and the horror film Sinister ( 2012 ) . Gattaca . The film flopped at the box office , but it received generally positive reviews and has since gained a cult following . Reality Bites . The film 's critical reception was mixed , but was successful commercially , grossing $ 20 million in the United States on an $ 11 million budget .