Has anyone even read the short story? (8 out of 10 -from someone who has read it)

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2002)

For starters, the movie stands on its own quite well. Much like Total Recall did 12 years ago (Recall was based on the Phillip Dick story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"). I will probably have to see the movie again to enjoy it fully. It was fine bit of noir with enough light-heartedness to keep the movie-going public happy.
The thing that bothers me is that the short story had a much more clever ending -- a bit darker too. I went back to reread the short story (I had already read it once) because I was a bit disappointed by the film's conclusion. The film worked but it didn't seem to jive with my foggy memory of the short story.
== SPOILERS ==(movie and short story) In the short story, there IS a minority report. Not only that, it turns out that there are three of them. Each pre-cog saw a slightly different future (for very clever reasons) but two of them with Anderton killing someone. Since the ends of the visions were the same, the report was made. And the end is much more noir. ==End of Spoilers= I am definitely going to have to go see this one again and try to appreciate it on its own terms. Perhaps the ending will work better a second time around. The rest of the movie works quite well. It is well acted and directed. All of the other reviewers are dead on when they say that the mixture of old school filming and CGI work perfectly for Spielberg.

8 out of 10