I arrive at the end of this review having done my duty as a critic. I have described the movie accurately and you have a good idea what you are in fo… - Roger Ebert

You want loud, dumb, skillful, escapist entertainment? Twister works. You want to think? Think twice about seeing it.

Karl Malden once said the hardest thing he ever had to do as an actor was act as if he didn’t know he was about to be hit in the head with a beer can.

American movies are in the midst of a transition period. Some directors place their trust in technology. Spielberg, who is a master of technology, trusts only story and character, and then uses everything else as a workman uses his tools. He makes Minority Report with the new technology; other directors seem to be trying to make their movies from it. This film is such a virtuoso high-wire act, daring so much, achieving it with such grace and skill. Minority Report reminds us why we go to the movies in the first place.