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Louis Malle |
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Minority Report completely blew me away. Before I saw the movie, I felt that Steven Spielberg might be getting ready to join the group of aging filmmakers who have lost some of their skill in their old age (Ivan Reitman); however, I was gladly mistaken. This is the best Spielberg movie I’ve seen since Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Minority Report, based of a novel by Philip K. Dick, tells the story of John Anderton who is an officer for the new division of the Washington D.C. Police Department, known as Pre-Crime. Three “Pre-Cogs”, as they are called, have the extraordinary ability to be able to experience murders before they happen. It is Pre-Crime’s job to interpret this information to arrest the suspect before the crime is committed. However, John Anderton comes to work one day to find that he is to kill a man he has never met in 24 hours. Minority Report then takes off in a brilliant show of a gritty future and the old fashioned chase. This is a beautifully shot, gritty, futuristic, film-noir. The acting is done superiorly, and I am especially impressed with Tom Cruise as John Anderton. I really didn’t think he had this kind of acting potential in him. This movie proved to me that age could sometimes benefit a filmmaker. I am glad to see that Steven Spielberg still has all of his filmmaking ability. |
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capsule review by Gregory Filce |
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Steven Spielberg |
