Minority Report

Pros: A fascinating and credible future, Cruise as conflicted hero
Cons: "A.I."-itis is catching: too many endings

Besides the obvious, Philip K. Dick's short story, "Minority Report" draws on at least two other literary influences. The precogs, a trio of psychics blessed (cursed?) with the ability to see murders before they happen, are named Arthur, Dashiell, and...

Pros: script, acting, directing, story, plot, just about everything
Cons: ending could have been a little more solid

Steven Spielberg proves once again, that he is the master of science fiction via another mind blowing movie that is a caliber above the George Lucas titles.

Detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is one of the Department of Pre-Crime's top...

Pros: Tom Cruise chasing his own eyeballs and about a mob of Kubrick references.
Cons: My usual grouse about the lackwitted moviegoing populace.

When Steven Spielberg and a small army of "future experts" (tell me there's not a whopping oxymoron right there?) - consisting of Neil Gershenfeld, who works at the the Media Lab at MIT, Shaun Jones, the director of biomedical research at Defense...

Pros: Great action, production design, performances.
Cons: First two-thirds work far better than the last.

With the names Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise come certain preconceived notions, and even more still when the summer season release date is factored in. Minority Report, the long-awaited collaboration between the world's biggest star in front of...

Pros: Great story, incredible visuals, wonderful acting
Cons: Length, a bit complex to comprehend everythiing at all times

Crime is a big problem in today’s society and much has been attempted to resolve this problem, but n ...

Pros: A sci-fi fantasy that nevertheless strikes sociopolitically close to home.
Cons: Spielberg can't shed his inner-Frank Capra at the conclusion.

Minority Report (2002) is a summer movie with a mind. Like The Matrix (1999), it's a heady mix of abstraction and balletic action set pieces. Both lower lofty philosophical issues to street level...and are given life and death urgency. The...

Pros: Interesting Concept, interesting characters
Cons: Direction, some acting, Thematically repetitive

Somewhere along the line, I began to associate Philip K. Dick with L. Ron Hubbard. Both science fi ...

Pros: Spielberg and Cruise together at last! (Plus many other great things)
Cons: A few here and there, but they don't ruin the film at all.

In Steven Spielberg's new movie, Minority Report (2002, rated PG-13), we get to see all kinds of futures.

We get to see the future of law enforcement (sorry, RoboCop!), the future of advertisement, the future of transportation, the...

Pros: Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, intelligent story
Cons: time length

The first collaboration between superstar actor Tom Cruise and famed director Steven Spielberg seems to be a film of redemption. Both had trouble with their last picture with Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky not meeting expectations and Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Ar ...

Pros: beautiful images, superb action, Spielberg clashing his visions with others visions -- always compelling.
Cons: multiple endings culminating a bit too sweet.

One simple question and one corollary question to begin: if I suddenly throw a ball toward you, and you catch it, have you altered the future of that ball? Does it make sense to you that catching the ball does not alter the fact the ball was going to...

Pros: Engaging storyline, brilliantly conceived futuristic setting, Cruise and Co. at their best
Cons: a few unanswered questions and a trite ending

Before shooting began for Minority Report, director Steven Spielberg assembled a think-tank of science fiction experts to get their ideas on what things will be like in fifty years. The result is a film that combines the dark vision of A...

Pros: The first two hours were among the most exhilarating to ever grace the big screen.
Cons: It lost some momentum at the end.

It's been almost 24 hours since I saw Steven Spielburg's visionary new film, Minority Report, but I'm still just as exhilarated, excited, and thoroughly confused as I was when I was sitting in the theater. It's going to be hard for me to collect my...

Pros: Excellent comeback by Spielberg/Cruise...
Cons: May be too intense for certain audiences...

Spielberg's recent debacle in glimpsing into the future along with his lamented mentor, Stanley Kubrick, in A.I. has been paid in full, sci-fi fans. Not only did Steve catch his balance before falling from the top of the volcano, but he managed to...

Pros: Pretty much everything
Cons: One silly moment of fisticuffs; Somewhat too easy ending

Tom Cruise is the man. He’s got it goin’ on. For real. Whatever hip is these days, he’s it. This is not just due to his handsome face (saved from perfection by that nose that looks as if it’s been broken too many times) or his ability to pick scripts ...

Pros: Spielberg's direction; Tom Cruise; Samantha Morton; visuals
Cons: Requires considerable use of the mind to follow its many twists and turns

I'm telling you, Steven Spielberg never stops finding new ways to advance the art of cinematic storytelling. It was true from the moment he made his terrifying made-for-TV film DUEL back in 1971, and it is true in his latest opus, MINORITY REPORT....