Minority Report (2002)
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92% of critics liked it
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74% of users liked it
(435,326 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Steven Spielberg
- Written By
- Jon Cohen, Scott Frank
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Jun 21, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Dreamworks
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
A highly effective thriller whose futuristic panoramas rival those of A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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.
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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
The director creates a vision of the future that's richly detailed and fascinating.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
My own minority report is that it stinks.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Final Report: Good, yes; great, no.
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Cast
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Tom Cruise
as Officer John Anderton
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Colin Farrell
as Danny Witwer
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Samantha Morton
as Agatha
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Max von Sydow
as Director Lamar Burgess
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Lois Smith
as Dr. Iris Hineman
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Peter Stormare
as Dr. Solomon Eddie
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Tim Blake Nelson
as Gideon
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Steve Harris
as Jad
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Kathryn Morris
as Lara Clarke
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Mike Binder
as Leo Crow
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Daniel London
as Wally the Caretaker
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Spencer Treat Clark
as Sean at nine
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Neal McDonough
as Fletcher
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Jessica Capshaw
as Evanna
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Patrick Kilpatrick
as Knott
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Jessica Harper
as Anne Lively
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Ashley Crow
as Sarah Marks
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Arye Gross
as Howard Marks
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Jason Antoon
as Rufus Riley
- Caroline Lagerfelt
- Victor Raider-Wexler
- Joel Gretsch
- Dominic Scott Kay






