Minority Report

Year: 2002

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Spielberg

Review

this spielberg film didn’t completely restore my faith in his talent, but i will watch the next film he directs. i didn’t leave a.i. feeling the same way. the first half of the movie really grabbed me and had me excited about what i was watching. without giving anything away i felt that the movie should have ended 20 minutes before it did (just as was true with a.i.); the only difference is that in a.i. everything up to my proposed ending point had been resolved sufficiently, whereas in minority report there was legitimate reason to continue. in general i felt that the last 20 minutes of the film failed, at times it turned excessively corny, pulled out some cliche plot techniques reminiscent of a matlock episode, and didn’t live up to the potential that the first part of the film showed. i did feel it was a thought provoking film, but the ending didn’t allow me to leave the theater thinking about the questions it posed, but instead about how flat it fell in its waning minutes.

Watched in theater