Best movie I've seen all year: inspired, great acting, great plot, stylishly engrossing

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2002)

Minority Report is, hands down, the best movie I've seen all year. Spielberg can pat himself on the back for this one. Tom Cruise is the precrime head, John Anderton. When he is accused of the murder of someone he doesn't know, he needs to run. Everyone runs.
The plot is a bit complex, but it is incredibly smart. Spielberg has created a world in 2054 and the world is richly styled and imagined. There are lots of eye candy, including cars that can travel up and down buildings, eye scans for identification, GAP stores that greet you by name. This never detracts from the main focus of the film: discovering John Anderton.
Tom Cruise is perfect as John Anderton; in fact, this might be my favorite Tom Cruise movie ever. It's good to see a talented actor like Tom continually take challenging roles. Cruise plays a very cool precrime cop, suffering from guilt because his son was kidnapped from right under his nose. There's also a fine dose of believable, sharp, brawny action. This movie has its scary, 'boo!'parts, but is never corny; takes time to elaborate on details, but is never slow; and is really, one of the finest movies Steven Spielberg has ever made. I recommend it to anyone.
Absolutely perfect. 10 out of 10.