Highly recommended for Blade Runner and Murder-Mystery fans...

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2002)

I definitely recommend this Spielberg film, especially if you like Blade Runner, murder-mysteries, and other thinking movies. "Minority Report" has so many quality ingredients, it should give most viewers good value for their dollar.
NOTE: this film does not have a warm cathartic feeling at the end, nor does it have many laughs. Instead, Minority Report has a disturbing and accumulating tension and "A.I.-like" flavor to it, and it doesn't even release you from that feeling at the climax. (READ: don't take a first date to this film).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS MOVIE: it is based on a Philip K. Dick story, just like Blade Runner, and it conveys a very similar-tasting gritty ambience; the technology in the movie is compelling; the surprisingly-few action scenes in the movie are well-choreographed; Tom Cruise does a very textured and noteworthy job as an embittered cop with emotional baggage; the cars in this movie are wonderful to watch; soundtrack is anxious and emotional; the narrative and quick dialogue are definitely appealing to thinking viewers.
LOW POINTS OF THIS MOVIE: there was no humor to release the tension; the first 15 minutes are bound to confuse many people; there could have been a few more gunfights for us testosterone viewers; the medical scenes with eyeball replacement will nauseate some viewers; the end leaves you with mixed emotions and disturbed visions of the future.
OVERALL: I thoroughly enjoyed Minority Report. If you like "Blade Runner" and other future-speculative fiction, or if you just like a good murder-mystery, then I recommend this as a full-price movie.
Four and a half stars out of Five.