Talk:Minority Report (film)

Manslaughter
Somebody recently edited the plot summary to describe crimes of passion as "manslaughter". I can't speak for US law, but in England and Wales killing a consensual adult partner because they've dumped you or because you catch them in flagrante generally isn't recognised as grounds for claiming provocation (making it manslaughter rather then murder), precisely because it's such a common form of murder. A person guilty of such a murder might sometimes have had their sentence commuted in the days of the death penalty, but not always. By contrast, being raped or catching a loved one being raped is a recognised ground to claim provocation.

Anyway, the bottom line is that I don't think the film mentions manslaughter at all. And if they did, it would complicate matters having to cope with all the other forms of manslaughter - diminished responsibility, or killing somebody through recklessness, or gross negligence whilst administering medical care etc etc.Paulturtle (talk) 07:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

If one were to write about the US position, it would mean getting into the whole area of degrees of murder as well as manslaughter. And to qualify my comments about English Law above, there was a 2009 Act of Parliament which said that sexual infidelity is not a ground for claiming "loss of control" (as provocation is nowadays called), but that was diluted by a controversial 2012 judgement which held that that only applied if sexual infidelity was the only factor. But my main point, that the film doesn't complicate things for the viewer by bringing manslaughter into it, still stands.Paulturtle (talk) 07:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

"Imposter"
Significant plot elements (like the whole "going to the underground doctor" digression) were borrowed from the Philip K. Dick short story "Imposter". There's probably a published source somewhere noting this. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  03:43, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

missing source for claim
"Minority Report was one of the most anticipated films of 2002 because of the high-profile collaboration between Cruise and Spielberg, as well as a surge in blockbusters in the wake of the September 11 attacks. " Is there a source for this claim or is it pure conjecture? If not maybe it should be modified. 96.20.81.148 (talk) 15:20, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Seems to be conjecture. I removed it.  There's a CNN source that mentions a small uptick in ticket sales, but it doesn't say that people came to this film for escapist entertainment after 9/11. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:20, 16 May 2023 (UTC)