Minority Report

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Minority Report

PG-13

2002

2h 25m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Crime

Drama

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Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

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Critics Consensus

Thought-provoking and visceral, Steven Spielberg successfully combines high concept ideas and high octane action in this fast and febrile sci-fi thriller.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Aug 10, 2022

3/4

Minority Report does offer a few issues to ponder, and given the mindlessness of most summer action specials, it’s something of an intellectual feast, even if it’s all hors d’oeuvres.

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Victoria Luxford

BBC.com

Jul 29, 2022

5/5

Certainly one of Tom Cruise’s best (films), and I think one of Steven Spielberg’s best too…. So much fun to watch, a really intriguing thriller.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Jul 14, 2022

It’s colder and more calculating than much of Spielberg’s oeuvre, and is all the better for it.

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Geoffrey O'Brien

The New York Review of Books

Oct 4, 2026

Its first reel is as bravura a display of style as Spielberg has ever offered, as we watch a movie-within-amovie of adultery, jealousy, and homicidal rage being assembled from the visions of the pre-cogs by Tom Cruise and his team of Precrime techies...

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Mar 9, 2026

B+

At its core, Minority Report boasts an excellent and underrated turn by Cruise as John Anderton, a man who works for a specialized police department that attempts to capture criminals before they actually commit crimes.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Dec 29, 2025

3.5/5

It remains a rather captivating sci-fi outing that offers up a fair amount of excitement, some great visual effects, and a tremendous cast.

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lord B

@RT97805964 Sep 6, 2026

bording flat and I am sick o watching movie where tom cruise just runs around lolz certain plot points make 0 sense and the whole thing is built on a magic of a sort this is not veyr good scifi I bet the book is a lot better I was bored.... it was very woke n feminist

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Dakota P

@DaCinephile Sep 6, 2026

Minority Report earned its place as a 2000s classic with ease. A world was built around the story, and the level of immersion is something I hope filmmakers aspire to achieve today. Tom Cruise is in peak form, and Spielberg delivers textbook shot framing and story development. There are few continuity questions, quickly forgotten amid a slew of impeccably tight action sequences. MR balances white-knuckle tension with layered storytelling better than most releases since. The philosophy within asks what the exchange of autonomy and privacy for safety means to you. Even the advertisements are crafted with purpose within the world of MR. It is a very rare case of ads adding to the atmosphere, rewarding the viewer and giving even more life to a setting already overflowing with things waiting to be discovered. Minority Report feels like the kind of film where something new can be found on every rewatch; within the world, behind the eyes of its characters, or buried in the story details.

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G L

@RT09869090 Aug 9, 2026

A good movie but has lots of plot holes.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu Aug 6, 2026

4.25 ⭐️ Mind bending in the best way! A proper brain workout. Half the fun was trying to keep up, and the other half is already looking forward to a rewatch to piece the puzzle together.

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Nic S

@NicSmith37398392 Jul 29, 2026

Enjoyable. A little freaky. I'm pretty sure it was good, hard to say, it confused me enough to say so.

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Rivkah F

@Rivkah Jul 1, 2026

Watching this again in 2026, it still holds up. Sci-Fi at its best. How did Philip K. Dick predict the future so clearly? He was a pre-cog.

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Synopsis

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Screenwriter: Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Jon Cohen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Digital Image Associates, Twentieth Century Fox, Blue Tulip, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Cruise-Wagner Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Content|Brief Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $132.0M
Runtime: 2h 25m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby EX
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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