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Minority Report (2002)

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Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 225
Fresh: 206 | Rotten: 19

An intelligent and visually imaginative film that ranks among Spielberg's best.

Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 4

An intelligent and visually imaginative film that ranks among Spielberg's best.

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Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the writer's familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for "Precrime," a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. Precrime bases its work on the visions of three psychics or "precogs" whose prophecies of future

PG-13, 2 hr. 24 min.

Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Written By: Jon Cohen, Scott Frank

In Theaters: Jun 21, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Dec 17, 2002

Box Office:$131.9M

Dreamworks

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

June 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The director creates a vision of the future that's richly detailed and fascinating.

August 9, 2002 Comment (1)

Robert Denerstein

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Top Critic

My own minority report is that it stinks.

July 11, 2002 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

Final Report: Good, yes; great, no.

July 11, 2002 Comments (4)

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

Shallow, noisy and pretentious.

July 2, 2002 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Rex Reed

New York Observer

Top Critic

A movie of haunting images and mindless thrills.

June 25, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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J. Hoberman

Village Voice

Top Critic

Not simply Steven Spielberg's most prescient sci-fi work but also one of his finest.

January 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Violent sci-fi detective movie isn't for kids.

December 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Vigorously entertaining and tremendously weird, "Minority Report" feels like a vintage Action Comics adventure spiked with acid. It's an uncommonly melancholy blockbuster about demons ruthlessly determining our fate even as we relentlessly flee them.

September 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com

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Nick Rogers

Suite101.com

One of the few films I've seen so far this year that I would recommend and it is one to see on the big screen.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons

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Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

While the way in which Minority Report presents these ideas makes them far more incredible and fantastical, it's their truth...that turns the film into something far more dark and sinister.

April 21, 2010 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Bill Gibron

PopMatters

It's fun, it's exciting, it's shrewd, and it may even be--a scary thought--prescient. (Blu-ray Edition)

April 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...a stylish, thoughtful, and thought-provoking future-noir thriller.

April 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

This has to be one of Spielberg's best ever...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

The most fun a Spielberg film has been for a long while.

December 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Daniel Etherington

Film4

The most exciting piece of work Spielberg has delivered in ages.

July 18, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

It is exciting to watch a director who is in such complete control of storytelling and vision.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

A roller coaster ride with an unusual amount of grit.

January 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Michael Dequina

Film Threat

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.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Colin Kennedy

Empire Magazine

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.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Despite its moldy story twists, this Steven Spielberg spectacular ranks as the best thing he's done since the Indiana Jones films...

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

If you enjoyed Cruise's Mission: Impossible, multiply it by five!

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Clint Morris

Film Threat

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...

March 3, 2005 Comments (4)

Stuart Klawans

Nation

Minority Report is Spielberg's visual masterpiece.

January 15, 2005 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

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Don't judge this movie by its cover; its an intelligent, complex, and imaginative movie that presents a challenging question to audiences that continue to stir up debates. Its an incredible sci-fi movie, it has imaginative action, it has great dialogue, and it actually has a reason to place the plot into the future!

December 30, 2010

Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

A typical 30's style detective drama dressed in shiny aluminum so's you'd think it was the future ... but hey, that aluminum is really shiny.

July 5, 2007

moon rivers

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Minority Report Quotes

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1. Gideon: In the outside they look peaceful, but in the outside, busy, busy, busy.
– Submitted by Javis C (8 months ago)
1. Officer John Anderton: Everybody runs, Fletch.
– Submitted by Javis C (9 months ago)
1. Officer John Anderton: Why'd you catch that?
2. Danny Witwer: Because it was gonna fall.
3. Officer John Anderton: You're certain?
4. Danny Witwer: Yeah.
5. Officer John Anderton: But it didn't fall, you caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact it was going to happen.
– Submitted by Steven P (11 months ago)
1. Jad: Red ball, double homicide, one male, one female. The killer is white, male, 40's. Agatha nailed the time at 8:04 a.m. The twins are a little fuzzy on that, so we'll need confirmation.
– Submitted by Steven P (12 months ago)
1. Gideon: In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
– Submitted by Steven P (12 months ago)

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