I saw Minority Report with Dad last night.

Outstanding special effects. They looked cool, but more importantly they were not overdone and instead of the plot being written around the special effects (a la Final Fantasy), the special effects were implemented around the plot.

The story itself was really cool and the mystery fun to try to figure out.

On the other hand, I have never seen a movie with such potential completely undermined by poor dialogue and bad acting. Tom Cruise was downright awful. I don't regard Cruise as a true thespian, but even by Cruise's standards he was either really bad or horribly miscast. I was pretty impressed by Collin Farrell, though.

As for the dialogue, it was unsalvageable. Some of it is understandable because they have to explain the backstory. A lot of it is melodramatic. The characters are supposed to live in the future and be unsurprised by the world they inhabit. Being surprised and thrilled is what we are supposed to feel. And don't get me started on the melodramatic tone of it all.

Nonetheless, I give it three stars out of four. It aimed really high with a particularly good concept, but it did miss the mark. It was still quite enjoyable despite its flaws.