A disappointing end to what was an excellent film.

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2002)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Mtl211 hit the nail on the head. There is something very wrong with the end of this film. The last 20 minutes seem totally out of place with the rest of the film.

I think it is fair to compare watching Minority Report to watching a very good Outer Limits episode. Most of the good Outer Limits episodes have an elaborate story with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of you seat...but b/c of time restraints, the endings are usually a let down. The ending usually feels forced, trying to do too much too fast, tying up every loose end far to neatly with too litle imagination. Did I just sum up Minority Report or what?
SPOILER BELOW! Somehow Anderton's wife gets Anderton's old eye and breaks into the prisoner holding area to free him. Are we supposed to believe that Anderton was carrying around one eye in his pocket the whole time? Totally implausible with no reasonable explanation I can think of. Simply more evidence that the ending of this film was written hastily.