Minority Report
1 Oscar Nominations
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John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
What critics thought
Broadly lauded as a major Spielberg achievement, the film drew particular praise for its philosophical ambitions around free will and determinism — though critics split sharply on whether those ideas were genuinely explored or merely used as window dressing for a slick action ride. The script's complexity was both a selling point and a source of complaint, with some finding it tightly constructed and others dismissing it as riddled with plot holes and hard to follow.
“It has been a long time since a Spielberg film felt so nimble, so unfettered, so free of self-cannibalizing.”
David Edelstein·Slate
“the most entertaining, least pretentious genre movie Steven Spielberg has made in the decade since Jurassic Park”
J. Hoberman·The Village Voice
“Little Steven Spielberg is all grown up now ... into of all things a superior film artist ... It's too early to know whether Minority Report, on the heels of A.I., marks a brief detour in Spielberg's career or a permanent change of course, but either way it's a dark and dazzling spectacle.”
Andrew O'Hehir·Salon
“enjoy the movie but not be conned into thinking that some sort of serious, thoughtful statement is being delivered along with the roller-coaster ride”
Jonathan Rosenbaum·Chicago Reader
“breathless 140-minute pace with a no-flab script packed with all kinds of surprises”
Mike Clark·USA Today
Genres
Action, Crime, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorSteven Spielberg
StarringTom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith
ComposerJohn Williams
Minority Report
1 Oscar Nominations
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
What critics thought
Broadly lauded as a major Spielberg achievement, the film drew particular praise for its philosophical ambitions around free will and determinism — though critics split sharply on whether those ideas were genuinely explored or merely used as window dressing for a slick action ride. The script's complexity was both a selling point and a source of complaint, with some finding it tightly constructed and others dismissing it as riddled with plot holes and hard to follow.
“It has been a long time since a Spielberg film felt so nimble, so unfettered, so free of self-cannibalizing.”
David Edelstein·Slate
“the most entertaining, least pretentious genre movie Steven Spielberg has made in the decade since Jurassic Park”
J. Hoberman·The Village Voice
“Little Steven Spielberg is all grown up now ... into of all things a superior film artist ... It's too early to know whether Minority Report, on the heels of A.I., marks a brief detour in Spielberg's career or a permanent change of course, but either way it's a dark and dazzling spectacle.”
Andrew O'Hehir·Salon
“enjoy the movie but not be conned into thinking that some sort of serious, thoughtful statement is being delivered along with the roller-coaster ride”
Jonathan Rosenbaum·Chicago Reader
“breathless 140-minute pace with a no-flab script packed with all kinds of surprises”
Mike Clark·USA Today
Genres
Action, Crime, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorSteven Spielberg
StarringTom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith
ComposerJohn Williams
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