All good science fiction is really a speculation about social and political trends. [...] Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report," a rousing film-noir suspenser set in a world of labor-saving devices and McLuhan-esque technology, is a thought-provoking inquiry into just how far we as a society want to go to make our environment safe. Following "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," he continues to push into new fictional terrain that is grittier, creepier and edgier than the warm-and-fuzzy science fiction of his early career.

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