Minority Report
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Minority Report[Steven Spielberg]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Max Van Sydow, Samantha Morton
Released: 2002

*** out of ****
I will start off by saying that I am quite the fan of Steven Spielberg. 
I enjoy his straight as an arrow approach to movies. He rarely has left 
the path of pure entertainment (i.e. "Jaws", "Jurassic Park", "Raiders
of the Lost Ark"), with the exception of a few (i.e. "AI"). Then there 
comes "Minority Report" with the intersting match up of Spielberg and 
Tom Cruise.  

You have seen the previews. Cruise heads a futuristic "precrime" unit 
that catches criminals before they do their crime. Cruise gets accused 
of murder, and becomes part of his own system.  I will say flat out I 
liked it. Style wise it comes second to none, and special effects are top
notch.  I would in fact be lying to say I did not enjoy it, yet I find 
the swiss cheese plot to be very unfulfilling at the climax of the movie.
Maybe the most enjoyable part was how the movie made fun of itself at 
times. 

"Minority Report" is certainly not one of the better films done by Spielberg,
although it was not a disaster.  For Tom Cruise, it is probably a lifesaver
after that wretched piece of cinema called "Vanilla Sky". Three out of four 
stars. You will like it, but probably not love it. 

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