Great Film, Great Cinema

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2002)

I've seen Minority Report twice now, in different company, and have thoroughly enjoyed it both times. Was moved and excited and engaged throughout. It's a film you need to take your brain along for, and much as I enjoy a mindless film occasionally, was getting tired of there not being much else around.
This is the first film I've ever watched where I've noticed and loved a car! Aside from that the film presents a lot of things to think about. Not only is there the central question of 'how just is a system which punishes people who haven't committed a crime?' but also about privacy invasion - all persons are not only identified and registered globally by retinal scan, but are continually and publicly identified by scanners set all over the place. The future of truly targeted advertising is far more frightening in some ways than the idea of having your windows kicked in by rapidly descending men in black.
A great film, a trifle sentimental in places but doesn't over do it, I think. More - it's a great film for the wide screen, the effects are great but it's the story, the plot which drives the film, not the effects.
Special mention should go to Samantha Morton as Agatha, very impressive.