And here is my Minority Report

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2004)

Minority Report had a lot to live up to for me, so perhaps I was building myself up for a bit of disappointment. I wanted it to forever banish A. I. from my mind. Now don't get me wrong - I really enjoyed the film and felt the the direction and main leads, Tom Cruise and Max Von Sydow, were excellent. The story was well constructed, although there were several plot holes that only really became apparent as we talked about it on the way home. For me the main problem was the last three quarters of an hour, where the pace was allowed to slip, and there was a little too much explaining being done. I'm sure Spielberg did this so as not to fall into the same trap as the original version of Blade Runner, also based on a Philip K Dick story, which proved to be baffling to a great deal of the audience. There was also some rather alarming similarities to the noir classic L. A. Confidential, which I won't give away here in case you haven't seen it.
Having said all this, I would still recommend this film, as it is a cut above the usual multiplex fare, and shows that after almost thirty years in the business, Spielberg is still a director full of suprises.