Philip K Dick captured perfectly

Rating: 9/10 (8 July 2002)

I can't remember when I last enjoyed a Spielberg film (Indiana Jones, probably) and I certainly can't remember when I last enjoyed Tom Cruise in anything; but, somehow, I found Minority Report very entertaining.

Yes, it was too long, the solving of the mystery was a bit hackneyed and Spielberg couldn't resist a scene of sickening sentimentality (the precog revealing how Sean's life would have been). Despite all that it captured the atmosphere of Dick's novels/stories much better than (say) Blade Runner. Imaginative drug abuse, a plot straight out of 40s PI fiction, a deep underlying morality - all recreated perfectly.