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Minority Report

2002

Steven Spielberg

Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow ...

6.9

86,588

Sci-Fi. Thriller. Action. Mystery In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad "Precrime". They use three genetically altered humans (called "Pre-Cogs") with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system's flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"A thought-provoking inquiry into just how far we as a society want to go to make our environment safe."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Steven Spielberg's 'Minority Report' is a triumph--a film that works on our minds and our emotions (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A major accomplishment. (...) The script raises moral questions it doesn't probe (...) Good, yes; great, no"	NEU
United Kingdom	Colin Kennedy Empire	"Hugely ambitious and wildly successful in parts (...) This stands as the best future noir since 'Blade Runner' (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Spielberg delivers a very entertaining, startling and darkly ingenious movie (...) A substantial, ambitious and high-IQ piece of entertainment"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"'Minority Report' may be the most adult film Mr. Spielberg has made in some time (...) The movie is really just a restless genre picture, which happens to be the area in which Mr. Spielberg works best"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"Few directors are capable of marrying ideas and entertainment (...) 'Minority Report' finds Spielberg in peak form as a craftsman and an artist"	POS
United Kingdom	Laura Bushell BBC	"The film is consistently thrilling (...) The film's futuristic vision is dazzling yet remains unnervingly dark (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jeremy Conrad IGN	"A smarter film than most summer blockbusters (...) The acting across the board is excellent"	POS
United States	Peter Rainer New York Magazine	"'Minority Report' is a movie in furious conflict with itself (...) The result is one of the glummest and most forbidding thrillers ever."	NEG
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"The film is never boggled down by its own theoretical muscle (...) Visually unnerving (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It's an achievement - arguably the best escapist entertainment the director has produced in two decades (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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