Minority Rules!

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2002)

Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is an incredible movie, though it has one flaw: there's way too much to soak up in just one viewing. I'm going to have to see this one again, and again, and again...
It'a a really great detective thriller with twists and turns all over the place. Funny, shocking, terrifying and thought-provoking all at once, this is one movie that lives up to the hype.
Spielberg is truly a visually gifted director, and he once again works brilliantly with photographic genius Janusz Kaminski...you'll be amazed by how this film can appear simultaneously beautiful and disturbing, which is also due in large part to VFX wizards Industrial Light and Magic.
Editor Michael Kahn does his usual sterling work as well...I walked out of the theatre, looked at my watch, and said "that movie was two-and-a-half hours long? It didn't feel anywhere NEAR that long." I think that's pretty much the highest compliment I could pay him.
Cruise is always believable as Detective John Anderton, who is being hunted by former colleagues of his from the Washington, D.C. Pre-Crime Unit of the Police. Add in great performances by Colin Farrell as the bad guy, Max von Sydow as the aging Pre-Crime Director Lamar Burgess and especially Samantha Morton as Agatha, the most gifted of the three "Pre-Cogs" who anticipate murders and communicate them to Anderton's crew so they can be stopped before they happen.
Also memorable is Lois Smith in a small but important role. She steals the scene from Cruise, which is saying something given Cruise's incredible screen presence. Peter Stormare impresses similarly in another scene.
So far, this is THE best movie of 2002. Smart, funny, thoughtful, and most of all exciting, Minority Report succeeds in all the places that most summer blockbusters fail.
Minority Report is the future of movies. 10/10