Best Sci-Fi movie since Blade Runner if not 2001

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2002)

The Film is a great success. It is telling that both Spielberg and Cruise have worked with Kubrick. From the opening scenes his presence is felt and welcome. Shades of Brazil and W.Gibson are there as well. Most importantly it is the most faithful adaptation of a P K Dick story, period. Humor, wit and suspense are all presence. The images are stunning. Tom Cruise is great. What an ultimate ascention to credibility from the pretty boy actor who starred in Top Gun and Cocktail. Spielberg and crew also seem to be reasserting themselves after the critical drumming that A.I. took. All the flaws of A.I> are cleaned up. Gone are the fluff and disneyesque visions of the future. It's all streamlined Dickian vision here. The psychic loops and societal pot shots of a great Dick novel are all healthily present. Any Hard Sci-fi buff would be in heaven here with all the jaw dropping visions o f convincing future technologies. I found the surrealism of PK's humor very surprisingly present. If there is any flaw at all it is perhaps that there may have been a touch too much back story, bogging down an otherwise streamlined picture that has the uncanny ability of taking the viewer along empathetically in such a bizarre future scenario. I have much respect for all of those involved in the making of this picture. Minority Report is the highest form of respect to both the author and the genre of sci-fi as a whole.
10 out of 10. I'm floored