Title: Minority Report
Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow
Direction: Steven Spielberg
Camera: Janusz Kaminski
Music: John Williams
Media Review

Elvis Mitchell in New York Times

Minority Report may be the most adult film Mr. Spielberg has made in some time. It's about the bloody blurring of passion and violence: a compassionate noir. After the ripe, damp colors of A.I.,Mr. Spielberg and his cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski, give Minority Report a cold, silvered tone. The picture looks as if it were shot on chrome, caught on the fleeing bumper of a late 70's car. And it's constantly in motion; Mr. Spielberg focuses on Mr. Cruise's own ambition as if it were a gleaming hood ornament and turns that appetite for success in on itself. As Anderton, Mr. Cruise successfully shows how unfulfilled determination becomes the all-American burden. It may be one of his best performances yet.

 
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The movie is really a kind of tour de force, but with Mr. Spielberg putting an optimistic spin on Dick's gray motifs. The film is magnificently creepy, a calculated bad dream that stays with you like the best of Roger Corman. It should be said, though, that Mr. Corman would have made the film about 40 minutes shorter and trimmed the several climaxes. Though he can still deliver an amazing scare, Mr. Spielberg's interest now leans more toward exposition rather than the anticipatory. He is explaining the fun away.

Leigh Johnson on Hollywood.com

The plot is captivating and the story is solid; unfortunately, Spielberg wields the philosophical subtext with such a heavy hand that it feels as if you've been beaten over the head with it. Is it morally acceptable to imprison someone who hasn't actually done anything? How much freedom will you give up to live in a world without crime? These questions are asked over and over in the film's action and dialogue, and, frankly, they grow tired. After last year's A.I. debacle, we'd hoped Spielberg had learned his lesson about movies that are an hour too long and way too pushy with their message. Apparently not.

Summer movie buffs looking to explore a world outside comic books and cartoon characters will certainly find a refreshing change in Minority Report, but its heavy-handed, long-winded philosophy may stretch your patience.
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