Minority Report (2002)
83%RT Audience Score: 80%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
20 wins & 91 nominations total
Thought-provoking and visceral, Steven Spielberg successfully combines high concept ideas and high octane action in this fast and febrile sci-fi thriller
If you’re looking for a movie that will make you feel like you’re living in the future, Minority Report is the one for you. With its stunning visuals and thought-provoking themes, it’s no wonder this movie has had such a lasting impact on both film and real-world technology. Plus, who doesn’t love watching Tom Cruise run and jump all over futuristic set pieces? It’s a sci-fi ride that’s both entertaining and interesting, and definitely worth a watch. Just don’t let the title fool you – this movie is anything but a minority report.
Production Company(ies)
Du Art Film and Video Nothing But a Man Company,
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Butter Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for violence, brief language, some sexuality and drug content
Year of Release
2002
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DolbyDTSS DDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 24m
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Language(s):English, Swedish
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2002 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 17, 2002
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $358,372,926
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $594,383,925
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 226
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 64,818,312
US/Canada gross: $132,072,926
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $219,051,213
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 308
US/Canada opening weekend: $35,677,125
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $59,172,745
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 181
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $102,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $169,173,383
Production budget ranking: 178
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $91,099,867
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $334,110,675
ROI to date (est.): 128%
ROI ranking: 833
Colin Farrell – Danny Witwer
Samantha Morton – Agatha
Max von Sydow – Pre-Crime Director Lamar Burgess
Lois Smith – Dr. Iris Hineman
Peter Stormare – Dr. Solomon Eddie
Director(s)
Steven Spielberg
Writer(s)
Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Jon Cohen
Producer(s)
Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
20 wins & 91 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (253) | Top Critics (59) | Fresh (227) | Rotten (26)
Spielberg creates an intriguing world that is at once futuristic and accessible, it makes our collective imagination soar but is never alienating.
January 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Namrata Joshi
Outlook
TOP CRITIC
If less poetic than AI, Minority Report is much more confidently directed, with a firmer sense of its maker’s own urge to entertain and stimulate rather than bemuse.
June 15, 2016
Alexander Walker
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
The worst thing about the new Steven Spielberg picture is the title, Minority Report. The best thing about it is pretty much everything else.
August 5, 2013
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Though his movie wraps challenging ideas and ingenious visual conceits in a futurist film-noir style, it’s pretentious, didactic and intentionally but mercilessly bleak.
August 5, 2013
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
TOP CRITIC
High-concept science-fiction escapades often try to impose new ways of seeing, but Spielberg seems intent on blistering our optic nerves.
August 5, 2013
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
For its stunning visuals and standout performances, Minority Report — or at least the first three-fourths of it — might just be the best movie so far this year.
August 5, 2013
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
The visionary quality of Minority Report’s cinematic world is matched solely by its endless influence on both film and real-world technology since its release.
March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
An entertaining sci-fi ride that offers nifty visuals, interesting themes and of course Tom Cruise running and jumping all over futuristic set pieces. [Full review in Spanish]
May 25, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Fico Cangiano
CineXpress Podcast
In that sense, the filmmakers’ decision in the end to come down against “pre-crime,” while not unimportant, hardly stands out as a compelling defense of basic democratic rights.
February 16, 2021
David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site
Minority Report leaves much to debate about the film’s themes and the rightness or wrongness.
January 1, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
The level of fantasy frequently rivals the severer science-fiction elements, radiating Spielberg’s brand of lively storytelling.
November 7, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Though it’s not among the finest adaptations of Philip K. Dick, Minority Report has aged rather well with its prescient, paranoiac glimpse of the not-distant-enough future.
June 29, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Christopher Lloyd
The Film Yap…
Plot
In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad “Precrime”. They use three gifted humans (called “Pre-Cogs”) with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system’s flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn’t even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery’s core by finding out the ‘minority report’ which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that “might” tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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