| Minority Report Review |
| by Dragan Antulov (Rating: 6/10) |
| Ten or fifteen years ago any movie fan should have been delighted with a
prospect of Steven Spielberg making film based on the works of Philip K.
Dick. Both names used to be associated with the classics of science fiction
cinema. However, the times have...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Christian Pyle (Rating: B-) |
| Minority Report
Reviewed by Christian Pyle
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (based on a story by Philip K. Dick)
Starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, and Max von Sydow
Grade: B- more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B+) |
| "Everybody runs."
Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is a very good film for all of its
running time, fascinating for most of it and visionary for some of it. As
much as I hesitate to make such jejune comparisons, it is, I suppose, a step
backward from...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| It's a strange thing that people like to ascribe the creative efforts
of hundreds of individuals to a single person. That said, it's been a
long time since a movie directed by Steven Spielberg has appealed to
me. The arrival of /Minority Report/,...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: B) |
| "RUN!" The vigorous screams of pre-cog Agatha (Samantha Morton) echo both
through the theater's speakers and in the mind of the viewer in a way that
far exceeds the intensity of any special effect. It's a desperate warning to
John Anderton (Tom...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 9/10) |
| CAPSULE: Steven Spielberg adapts a story by Philip
K. Dick to create a marvelously faceted and incredibly
dark vision of the future. Murder has been eliminated
by use of mutants' psychic powers. MINORITY REPORT is
fast-paced,...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Louis Proyect |
| Although Stephen Spielberg emerged side-by-side with George Lucas as a
purveyor of juvenile film fantasies during the Reagan era, he has evolved
into one of the more important social commentators in Hollywood. Whether
dealing with racial oppression ("The...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
| Something has happened to Steven Spielberg - he has been haunted by the ghost
of Stanley Kubrick. The warm, sensitive, sentimental Spielberg is trying to
tap into the darker recesses of fables and science-fiction stories. After
last year's fabulous...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Steven Spielberg. Screenplay by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen,
based on the short story by Philip K Dick. Starring Tom Cruise, Colin
Farrell, Max von Sydow. Running time: 145 minutes. Rated AA for violent
scenes by the MFCB. Reviewed on June...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Brendan Cullin (Rating: 9/10) |
| Based on the 1956 short story written by the late visionary Philip K. Dick
(whose works include Blade Runner and Total Recall), Minority Report is
another movie that takes us into the less-than-perfect future, this time
with the help of Tom Cruise's...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: A+) |
| MINORITY REPORT (director: Steven Spielberg; screenwriters: Philip K. Dick
(short story)/Scott Frank/Jon Cohen; cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski; editor:
Michael Kahn; music: John Williams; cast: Tom Cruise (Detective Chief John
Anderton), Samantha...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: A-) |
| "Murder" intones the female member of the Precog Trinity who inform Washington
D.C.'s Pre-Crime unit of murder victims and perpetrators when they see the
crime before it happens. Floating in a Temple held pool, Agatha (Samantha
Morton, "Sweet and...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: A) |
| When Steven Spielberg is at the top of his game,
he creates wondrous stories that spark the
imagination and inspire us with child-like awe.
When Tom Cruise is at the top of his game, he
brings wit and determination and soul to his
character. They are...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: A) |
| It's the year 2054 and Washington DC has not had a single murder take
place in 9 years. Why has the country's homicide capital become a safe
haven for its citizens? The Pre-Crime Department was established under
its mentor, Director Lamar Burgess (Max...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| What a great way to step back into the film criticism biz than with a
great flick like Minority Report. Marketed like a latter day Blade
Runner (which, in a sense it is) and banking its opening weekend
numbers on the one-two punch value of Tom...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 10/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "The Minority Report" (20th Century-Fox/DreamWorks)
Just as Picasso went through his Blue Period, both Steven Spielberg
("A.I.") and Tom Cruise ("Vanilla Sky") are obviously into their dark, morally
ambiguous sci-fi...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Christopher Null (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Per Minority Report, in only 52 years we'll have a new privacy nightmare on our
hands: A police unit in Washington D.C. will genetically engineer three people,
float them in a Jacuzzi, and hook wires up to their heads so the cops can see
murders...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 4/4) |
| In Steven Spielberg's science fiction thriller, MINORITY REPORT, one of his very
best films, Detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is on the run. Based on a
Philip K. Dick (BLADE RUNNER) short story, the movie concerns the precrime unit
of the D.C....more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| MINORITY REPORT (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Tom Cruise, Colin
Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max Von Sydow, Lois Smith, Peter Sormare, Tim
Blake Nelson, Steve Harris and Kathryn Morris. Screenplay by Scott Frank
and Jon Cohen. Based on a short...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Minority Report (2002)
Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith,
Peter Stormare, Tim Blake Nelson, Steve Harris, Kathryn Morris, Mike
Binder, Daniel London, Spencer Treat Clark, Neal McDonough, Jessica
Capshaw, Patrick...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
| PLOT:
The year is 2054 and cops now have the infallible ability to pinpoint and arrest
people who are going to commit murders in the not-so-distant future. But when
the pre-cognitive minds identify one of the lead detectives as a murderer-to-be,
the man...more |
| Minority Report Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 9/10) |
| Back in 1995, Hollywood allowed us a bleak peek into the future with a
largely unwatchable comic book-based sci-fi/action thriller called Judge
Dredd. Portrayed by Sylvester Stallone in typical one-grunt fashion, Dredd
was "six feet of armored justice"...more |
