Should have been 30 mins shorter

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2002)

I read a lot about how this was Spielberg/Cruise growing up. Well, by my reckoning he's still got some way to go.
Spielberg can't help loving the movie magic - with the somewhat childish vision of the future (jetpacks, cars driving up buildings). Although some of it is inspired (vomit sticks, personalised ads etc.)
Cruise, for his part still can't help playing the archetypal action hero - all smiles, graceful moves and muscles. So he might look ugly and vulnerable for a while, but he'll be all smiles again...
The most glaring problem is that if the film had ended at the "first" revelation, about 90 mins in, it would have been a perfect solid ending. Very Philip K. Dick, very dark, very cynical. Instead, they had to tack on more and more endings before they could get to the "happy" ending.