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Minority Report (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 216 Fresh: 198  Rotten:18 Average Rating: 8/10
 
Consensus: An intelligent and visually imaginative film that ranks among Spielberg's best. An intelligent and visually imaginative film that ranks among Spielberg's best. more
 
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 2 hrs 26 mins
Theatrical Release: Jun 21, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $131,917,534
Synopsis:
The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three... [More]
The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three psychics, called Precogs (an abbreviation for precognitive thinkers), to arrest and imprison would-be murderers before they have a chance to kill. Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a Precrime enforcer who believes in the system for his own personal reasons--years back his young son was abducted, and he has dealt with the loss by becoming a high-strung Precrime officer. The director of Precrime (Max von Sydow) is eager to take the program national, and feels threatened by an ambitious federal agent (Colin Farrell) who is bent on finding a flaw in the system. When Anderton finds himself accused of the future murder of a man he's never met, his faith in Precrime is instantly shaken. He goes on the run, and is trailed by the relentless Precrime police. In the tradition of BLADE RUNNER (also based on a Dick story), MINORITY REPORT is a dark, brooding vision of the future. Spielberg expertly mixes thrilling chase and suspense sequences (the best of which involves Anderton being pursued by eye-scanning mechanical spiders) and stunning special effects with a challenging look at society's willingness to sacrifice privacy and the notion of free will for convenience and security. MINORITY REPORT is a thought-provoking and exciting film that ranks with Spielberg's best. [Less]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Kathryn Morris

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Jon Cohen, Scott Frank
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Composer: John Williams

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 19, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Making-of - 1. MINORITY REPORT: From Story to Screen

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos - 1. MINORITY REPORT ARCHIVES
  • Production Notes
  • Production Art
  • Biographies

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A highly effective thriller whose futuristic panoramas rival those of A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

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06/04/07 06:19 PM
J. R. Jones
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A roller coaster ride with an unusual amount of grit.

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01/13/07 05:02 AM
Michael Dequina
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Hugely ambitious and wildly successful in parts, only a tricky third act trips up a master director clearly enjoying himself in virgin territory. Nonetheless this stands as the best future noir since Blade Runner.

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12/30/06 07:55 AM
Colin Kennedy
Empire Magazine
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The fashionably fussy, funky veneer may convince some that the film's serious, but it's finally another chase pic, murky in detail, muddled in ideology and strangely predictable in dramatic thrust.

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06/24/06 04:22 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Despite its moldy story twists, this Steven Spielberg spectacular ranks as the best thing he's done since the Indiana Jones films...

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05/26/06 03:17 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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If you enjoyed Cruise’s Mission: Impossible, multiply it by five!

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12/06/05 08:10 PM
Clint Morris
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The movie's ponderousness is relieved only by Samantha Morton's uncanny portrayal of the psychic Agatha and by Lois Smith's turn as Dr. Hineman...

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03/03/05 10:16 PM
Stuart Klawans
Nation
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Minority Report is Spielberg's visual masterpiece.

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01/15/05 10:37 PM
Jeffrey Overstreet
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Never gains enough momentum to get into fifth and out of Cruise control.

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08/13/04 08:49 AM
Mark Sells
Oregon Herald
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Tom cruise plays a fine flawed hero glossed to perfection by a director who knows how to treat his cast to their matinee idol advantage.

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07/16/04 09:55 AM
Jordan Hiller
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There is much to praise here, as Spielberg’s onscreen technical wizardry represents, in many ways, the apex of this art form. He seamlessly blends CGI and live action in a series of action sequences that are among the best he has ever filmed.

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03/16/04 05:23 PM
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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Minority Report is a film for the critical cognoscenti as much as it is for the Goober-munching masses, and succeeds for all audiences.

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02/01/04 08:14 AM
Todd Gilchrist
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Amazingly, Spielberg... has managed to suppress his own worst excesses and create a movie that does justice to Dick’s ideas.

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01/01/04 06:12 AM
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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The first 2/3rds of the flick are astounding...but that last half hour or so is completely and utterly superfluous.

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08/01/03 08:14 AM
David Nusair
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O roteiro inteligente e a direção enérgica transformam o filme em uma obra intensa, ambiciosa e surpreendente. Os únicos equívocos dizem respeito ao excesso de alívios cômicos e ao forçado final, mas só.

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07/05/03 08:39 PM
Pablo Villaca
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Spielberg fuses his ability to create astounding images to thought-provoking material...

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05/20/03 05:17 PM
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly
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Spielberg [seems to] tack on a happy ending to every film lately, as if he wants to apologize for making a film that was so dark and dystopian for the previous 90 minutes.

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Brian Mckay
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