One of Spielberg's Best

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2002)

*Possible Minor(ity) Spoilers*
Let me be honest, I'm not the biggest Spielberg fan. With that said, however, Minority Report is a pretty good movie. As far as his "special effects" driven films, Minority Report easily surpasses Jurassic Park, E.T. and Close Encounters. Like him or not, Spielberg's a pro and he really has a lot to work with here.
For starters, a great cast that features Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, and Colin Farrell (who I kept squinting at and asking "Is that Brad Pitt?"), and the most engaging plot for a Spielberg film since Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I won't reveal much of it here since the movie hasn't been released in theaters yet as I write this. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that any scenes involving Cruise's eyes are damned cool, but I won't get into specifics.
Minority Report's not a perfect movie. There are the usual Spielbergian scenes (Cruise escaping from the police via jet pack and crashing through apartments and a scene where "spiders" scan people's eyes no matter what they happen to be doing at the time come to mind) where Spielberg tries to get just a little too cute. Also, there is *a ton* of blatant product placement in this movie. Some of it can be said as fitting into the plot, but do we really need to know Cruise drives a Lexus? Although, it is nice to know that Aquafina and the GAP will still be around in 2054.
Overall though, Minority Report remains absorbing throughout and the 150-minute run-time (no pun intended) seems to pass by in almost half that time. And, yes, if you have money to only see one sci-fi movie this summer and it comes down to this and Attack of the Clones, choose Minority Report. I'd give it a solid 7 out of 10.