Minority Report

2002 Sci Fi

Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the writer's familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for "Precrime," a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. Precrime bases its work on the visions of three psychics or "precogs" whose prophecies of future events are never in error. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified as the future killer of a man he's never met, he is forced to become a fugitive from his own colleagues as he tries to uncover the mystery of the victim-to-be's identity. When he kidnaps Agatha (Samantha Morton), one of the precogs, he begins to formulate a theory about a possible frame-up from within his own department. Directed by Steven Spielberg, who hired a team of futurists to devise the film's numerous technologically advanced gadgets, Minority Report co-stars Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, and Neal McDonough. more..

Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell,Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith

Reviews

  • This film is such a virtuoso high-wire act, daring so much, achieving it with such grace and skill. Minority Report reminds us why we go to the movies in the first place.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • This is the kind of pure entertainment that, in its fullness and generosity, feels almost classic.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • Stripped of all bravado, Cruise delivers a raw and probably detractor-proof performance. Spielberg does what he did right in creating a novel milieu for "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," but this time the writing is fresher and anything but unwieldy.

    Mike Clark - USA Today

    26 April 2013

  • A heart-pounding experience that makes you think and contains a gallery of characters that will haunt your nightmares for years to come.

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    26 April 2013

  • The mechanical beauty and android possibilities of the future excite the filmmaker, and that's where Minority Report becomes an alluring postcard from the edge. But it's an edge over which Spielberg never seems to want to step.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Sound Editing

    Academy Awards (2003)

     
  • Best Director

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2003)

  • Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic

    American Cinema Editors (2003)

     
  • Period or Fantasy Film

    Art Directors Guild (2003)

     
  • Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects

    BAFTA Awards (2003)