Minority Report Reviews
Top CriticA highly effective thriller whose futuristic panoramas rival those of A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
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| Original Score: 3/4
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.
The director creates a vision of the future that's richly detailed and fascinating.
| Original Score: B
My own minority report is that it stinks.
A movie of haunting images and mindless thrills.
While it strays from Dick's narrative, it nails the basic premise and some quintessential Dickian motifs.
A classy, chilly quasi-Hitchcockian affair.
| Original Score: 4/5
Has a good time with the gadgetry and gizmos of the future.
| Original Score: 4/5
The most intelligently fun movie Spielberg has ever made.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Minority Report won't go down as one of Spielberg's greatest films -- there are a few gaping holes in the plot, and some awkward attempts at humor. But it's a wonderfully chilly thrill ride while it lasts.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
This is the kind of pure entertainment that, in its fullness and generosity, feels almost classic.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Steven Spielberg outdoes himself with a vivid, troubling depiction of a futuristic society where lawlessness, of all things, has become the latest form of pollution.
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| Original Score: 4/4
While the film, deftly imagined by screenwriters Scott Frank and Jon Cohen, doesn't entirely hold together, its dark, twisty chases and tricky puzzles have much more going for them than Spielberg's last foray onto similar turf.
| Original Score: 3/4
Spielberg's visual imagination has never been more splendid.
| Original Score: 5/5
A fast-moving, entertaining, thought-provoking film that leaves you feeling vaguely empty because it might have been a classic.
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| Original Score: 3/4
The film reaches toward greatness but fails because it is too perfect a projection of its creator. Nevertheless, we should celebrate it, because this makes it -- flaws and all -- more valuable than 1,000 soulless, committee-hatched flicks.
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| Original Score: A-
Cold and scattered, Minority Report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals. That's not vintage Spielberg and that, finally, is minimally satisfying.
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| Original Score: 1/4
Minority Report isn't Spielberg's best film by a long laser shot. But it may be an even bolder statement than his mostly brilliant yet roundly rejected A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
| Original Score: 3/4
Spielberg's realization of a near-future America is masterful. This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans, as the film has some of the best special effects ever.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Cruise will never be a master thespian, but there's no one better at putting across the charisma of control, and the opening sequence of Report is an astonishingly fluid demonstration of his gifts.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Minority Report is more humdrum than horrible. It isn't futuristic film noir; it's just everyday film beige.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
It's hard to imagine wanting anything more -- even from a Cruise-Spielberg matchup.
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| Original Score: 4/4
This film is such a virtuoso high-wire act, daring so much, achieving it with such grace and skill.
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| Original Score: 4/4
A heart-pounding experience that makes you think and contains a gallery of characters that will haunt your nightmares for years to come.
| Original Score: 4/4
The film is magnificently creepy, a calculated bad dream that stays with you like the best of Roger Corman.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Some may quibble that the 144-minute length accommodates at least one too many endings. But such quibbling will diminish in view of the film's overall impact.
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| Original Score: A-
Gives us a lot to chew on, but not all of it has been properly digested.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
This one blends the best aspects of the mature Spielberg's often warring personality.
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| Original Score: 4/4
A film that can get you high on the sheer magic and exhilaration of making movies.
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| Original Score: 4/4
There's something auspicious, and daring, too, about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority.
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| Original Score: B
Rivals some of Spielberg's top adventure/science fiction epics, such as Close Encounters and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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| Original Score: 4/4
The film's success is in line with what American films historically have done best, which is to excitingly tell a strong story with high style and just enough substance.
Spielberg's sharpest, brawniest, most bustling entertainment since Raiders of the Lost Ark and the finest of the season's action epics.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
A masterful work infused with beautiful and haunting visuals, outstanding performances from Tom Cruise and a gifted supporting cast -- and a story that challenges the mind and engages the spirit.
One of [Spielberg's] most compelling and entertaining films ever.
