Superb Sci-Fi

Rating: 9/10 (28 June 2002)

"Minority Report" is the best sci-fi film I've seen since "Blade Runner," a P.K. Dick vision really brought to life -- greatly suspenseful, adventurous and riveting. I do have some nit-picks with the film, mainly the new, popular "fast motion" visual style of action, where it looks like the camera is handheld and frames are dropped on purpose. Also, the (relatively minor) plot holes mentioned by other reviewers.
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I would have liked to have seen more character development (e.g. more about Agatha) and better plot development in regards to the whole "minority report" concept and Anderton's son... this film could easily have run over 3 hours -- like A.I., it felt rushed, and a bit too ambitious given the running time. Also like A.I., the film can't quite decide where to end. These flaws prevent "Minority Report" from being a true classic in my eyes.
Don't get me wrong though. This is visionary science fiction, better than A.I. (which I did enjoy) in every conceivable sense. The characters are "real" and not stereotyped, the plot fast moving and believable within the world it creates, and my attention was riveted the entire time. The special effects indeed go to further the story (a rare thing these days).

9/10 -- misses "classic" status by a hair. One more like this, and Spielberg will be up there with the science fiction greats like "2001" or "Blade Runner."