Click to read the article
Minority Report (2002)
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work ![]()
Reviews Counted: 218
Fresh: 199
Rotten:19
Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus: An intelligent and visually imaginative film that ranks among Spielberg's best.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violence, brief language, some sexuality and drug content
Runtime: 2 hrs 26 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Theatrical Release: Jun 21, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $131,917,534
Synopsis: The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to... The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three psychics, called Precogs (an abbreviation for precognitive thinkers), to arrest and imprison would-be murderers before they have a chance to kill. Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a Precrime enforcer who believes in the system for his own personal reasons--years back his young son was abducted, and he has dealt with the loss by becoming a high-strung Precrime officer. The director of Precrime (Max von Sydow) is eager to take the program national, and feels threatened by an ambitious federal agent (Colin Farrell) who is bent on finding a flaw in the system. When Anderton finds himself accused of the future murder of a man he's never met, his faith in Precrime is instantly shaken. He goes on the run, and is trailed by the relentless Precrime police. In the tradition of BLADE RUNNER (also based on a Dick story), MINORITY REPORT is a dark, brooding vision of the future. Spielberg expertly mixes thrilling chase and suspense sequences (the best of which involves Anderton being pursued by eye-scanning mechanical spiders) and stunning special effects with a challenging look at society's willingness to sacrifice privacy and the notion of free will for convenience and security. MINORITY REPORT is a thought-provoking and exciting film that ranks with Spielberg's best. [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow
Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Kathryn Morris, Steve Harris, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Stormare, Lois Smith, Jason Antoon, Neal McDonough, Arye Gross, Jessica Capshaw, William R. Mapother
Director: Steven Spielberg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Jon Cohen, Scott Frank
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Composer: John Williams
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 19, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
- Making-of - 1. MINORITY REPORT: From Story to Screen
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Stills/Photos - 1. MINORITY REPORT ARCHIVES
- Production Notes
- Production Art
- Biographies
Reviews for Minority Report
An exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir, Minority Report twists the best of technology around a gripping story, delivering a riveting, pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order
A highly effective thriller whose futuristic panoramas rival those of A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
Hugely ambitious and wildly successful in parts, only a tricky third act trips up a master director clearly enjoying himself in virgin territory. Nonetheless this stands as the best future noir since Blade Runner.
The fashionably fussy, funky veneer may convince some that the film's serious, but it's finally another chase pic, murky in detail, muddled in ideology and strangely predictable in dramatic thrust.
Despite its moldy story twists, this Steven Spielberg spectacular ranks as the best thing he's done since the Indiana Jones films...
The movie's ponderousness is relieved only by Samantha Morton's uncanny portrayal of the psychic Agatha and by Lois Smith's turn as Dr. Hineman...
Never gains enough momentum to get into fifth and out of Cruise control.
Tom cruise plays a fine flawed hero glossed to perfection by a director who knows how to treat his cast to their matinee idol advantage.
There is much to praise here, as Spielberg’s onscreen technical wizardry represents, in many ways, the apex of this art form. He seamlessly blends CGI and live action in a series of action sequences that are among the best he has ever filmed.
Minority Report is a film for the critical cognoscenti as much as it is for the Goober-munching masses, and succeeds for all audiences.
Amazingly, Spielberg... has managed to suppress his own worst excesses and create a movie that does justice to Dick’s ideas.
The first 2/3rds of the flick are astounding...but that last half hour or so is completely and utterly superfluous.
Latest News for Minority Report
May 16, 2008:
Steven Spielberg's Ten Best-Directed Films
RT counts down the ten best-reviewed films directed by Indiana Jones helmer and modern moviemaking legend, Steven Spielberg. More...
September 12, 2007:
Total Recall Remake Coming?
Honestly, there really are original ideas coming out of Hollywood. It's just that the studios seem to be doing their best to try and convince us otherwise. More...
July 27, 2007:
Cool New Cast Member for The Incredible Hulk
And the casts for the new Marvel movies just keep getting better and better. This time around? The multi-talented Tim Blake Nelson has been cast as a pivotal villain in Louis... More...
August 31, 2006:
A Taste of What's "Next" for Nicolas Cage
Any time I hear the phrase "movie based on a Philip K. Dick story," I know I have to do a little more research. The next PKD adaptation is Lee Tamahori's... More...
Related Forums for Minority Report
by: Suxxess 10/3/05
More DVDs
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| Hancock | |
| Tropic Thunder | |
| WALL-E | |
| Fred Claus | |
| Kung Fu Panda |
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| Wanted | |
| Chronicles of Narnia: … | |
| Step Brothers | |
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe | |
| The Longshots |

Top Critic



