Hey, this film is pretty funny.

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2005)

I see lots of reviewers blah-ing about this film being "Not Phillip K. Dick's vision", or "Speilberg" that, or "Cruise's great performance" something else. This may all be true, and maybe this is what you look at in a film too -- but this is a pretty funny film in places, and I haven't seen any review so far that covers this aspect.
This film is pure entertainment. It's visually spectacular. It has a good cast. It has high production values. Importantly though, it will make you LAUGH, but don't expect it to be a comedy.
Given this, I can ignore the movie's many credibility problems. First is the inherent paradox of the plot - just how would the villain arrange this in the first place?? Think about it.
Then there are the implausible advertising methods of the future -- Would you buy products from companies who continuously bombarded you in this way? Nor would I - in fact I would probably deliberately avoid them.
The main character's narrow escapes do wear a bit thin, and quickly too (but they are entertaining). And just where is this man on the run getting all his money from? In movie-land we have been able to freeze bank accounts of wanted criminals ever since the paranoia films of the 70's.
I probably over-analyze films, but I can easily ignore these problems to enjoy watching this very entertaining and excellently produced film.