There are many highlights in this film, and also many moments that hault the momentum completely, and we can blame these flaws on the Coen brothers. Namely, Tim Blake Nelson (a jailer) and Pete Stormare (an optometrist) are supporting characters, and each inhabits scenes that misdirect the velocity of an otherwise ingenious whodunit. You recall Nelson’s drawl from O Brother Where Art Thou?, or Stormare’s Zwedish accent, which charactizes him as an outsider in both Fargo and The Big Lebowski. Spielberg has typecast both here, and their performances are noticeably derivative of their former work, and furthermore, their familiar idiosyncrasy is of little utility here. This is footage that should have been tactfully truncated and exhibited in the supplements of the DVD. Of course, restraint does not characterize any of Spielberg’s recent films, and if he can be described as an auteur of excess, then Minority Report is rooted in his canon firmly.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: DVD Screener
24 Oct 2005 11:02 AM | Submit Comment