Minority Report

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Minority Report

PG-13

2002

2h 25m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Crime

Drama

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Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

Critics Consensus

Thought-provoking and visceral, Steven Spielberg successfully combines high concept ideas and high octane action in this fast and febrile sci-fi thriller.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

08/10/2022

3/4

Minority Report does offer a few issues to ponder, and given the mindlessness of most summer action specials, it’s something of an intellectual feast, even if it’s all hors d’oeuvres.

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Victoria Luxford

BBC.com

07/29/2022

5/5

Certainly one of Tom Cruise’s best (films), and I think one of Steven Spielberg’s best too…. So much fun to watch, a really intriguing thriller.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

07/14/2022

It’s colder and more calculating than much of Spielberg’s oeuvre, and is all the better for it.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Mar 9

B+

At its core, Minority Report boasts an excellent and underrated turn by Cruise as John Anderton, a man who works for a specialized police department that attempts to capture criminals before they actually commit crimes.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Dec 29

3.5/5

It remains a rather captivating sci-fi outing that offers up a fair amount of excitement, some great visual effects, and a tremendous cast.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 20

4/4

The runt in the litter of Steven Spielberg’s great movies, Minority Report is an unqualified success, a motion picture that like most films worth their weight deepens and expands upon repeat viewings.

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Paul S

@PManRager 4d

This movie was astounding! Another slam dunk from Steven Spielberg! The story was incredibly intense and gripping, leaving me trying to put the pieces together as the story progressed. The visuals were beautiful, and there were so many epic action sequences that made this movie so much fun to watch. I definitely recommend this for sci-fi, action, thriller, and crime fans!

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Lynn Y

@LynnhhY May 16

Had never seen this due to having kids at that time. Not a sci fan generally, but this was far better than I expected, engrossing, sort of Blade Runner meets Mission Impossible, with a younger Tom Cruise just acting instead of peacocking about on both sides of the camera.

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Jamal P

@RT39995825 May 14

If you didn't think this movie is a masterpiece, you suck. Stephen Spielberg, Tom Cruise, inspired by Philip K Dick, this is perfect. The ending was mind bending.

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Taejhun S

@TLS44 Apr 18

It's a Goated Movie for a Hollywood film in the 2000s.

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Luis L

@RT01286534 Apr 13

Basically I liked the movie we watched it in my senior year of highschool ELA class during the 2022-23 academic year and gave my friend an oversimplified version of the ending because he missed out on it here’s what I said: the main character is taken and gets his clothes taken off and his head shaved basically turning him into a naked caillou and putting him inside a tube and soon after his girlfriend rescues him hand him a darthvader cloak turning him into darthvader caillou and darthvader caillou confronts the main villain who some old dude the old dude kill’s himself and that’s the ending.

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Henry D

@Henry_Domke Apr 9

Despite the blockbuster production value, the cool, washed-out look was off-putting to me and I didn’t find it attractive. Much of the film leans into a dystopian, slightly creepy tone, which I don’t enjoy, and that held the movie back for me.

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Synopsis

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Screenwriter: Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Jon Cohen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Digital Image Associates, Twentieth Century Fox, Blue Tulip, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Cruise-Wagner Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Content|Brief Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $132.0M
Runtime: 2h 25m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby EX
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)