The 17th Best All-Time Film
(5th Post -1998)
Minority Report (2002)
When it comes to Spielberg films, my 17th all-time favorite film is the second highest. Higher than āJurassic Park,ā higher than āSchindlerās List,ā higher than āJawsā and certainly higher than āE.T.ā, āMinority Reportā is almost his best-ever film. Maybe it comes from the Kubrick influence that came from āA.I.ā the year before. Maybe it is just the move to embrace more challenging and ambiguous material like āCatch Me If You Canā that would come out in the same year.
Whatever the reason, āMinority Reportā combines a compelling and exciting story with philosophical and ethical quandaries that lend themselves to multiple viewings and discussions. And they arenāt just stereotypical science fiction topics, but real-world questions. (Such is often the case with good sci-fi!)
What sort of topics await a viewer of āMinority Reportā? Free Will, fate, criminal justice, guilt and innocence, government control, safety vs. freedom, and on and on. And if that werenāt enough, thee debate surrounding the end of the film is intense and perhaps irresolvable.
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