Minority Report

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Paul and Amy crack open 2002's Minority Report to discuss the impact technology continues to have on society, Tom Cruise's iconic performance as John Anderton, and how Spielberg tried to predict the future. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 2002.
0:03.4	Just tell me, who killed your mother?
0:07.5	Who killed Anne Lively?
0:11.5	I'm sorry, Don, but you're going to have to run again.
0:17.6	What?
0:18.4	The movie, Minority Report
0:21.3	Run! Hello, unspool It's time for Paul and maybe cinematic hot takes and the 100 best will be shot in space
0:47.2	Hello everyone and welcome to Unspooled.
0:59.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Unspooled.
1:00.7	This is a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, mustsees, and in case you missed them.
1:06.2	We have covered the AFI top 100.
1:09.0	Now, we are checking off movies from three major lists, the letterbox
1:12.1	top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB top 250 films, and the New York Times 1,000, 10000, essential films.
1:22.9	And if it's not on those lists, chances are we are chasing our own curiosity because that's what we do here
1:28.3	on this show. Somehow, Dog Day Afternoon led us to Minority Report. And maybe we'll see the
1:34.5	connections a little bit clearer as we go on. I am Paul Shear. I'm an actor, a writer. I am also a
1:40.5	director. And I got to tell you, the one thing this movie got wrong was people still shopping at the Gap. I feel like that would be all online now. Oh, in store. I thought you're going to mean like, I'm like literally wearing a pair of Gap jeans right now that I bought this year. And I was about to be like, hold on, hold on. Hold on. Are you telling me I can't wear the Gap right now? I should say I'm Paul Shear, my actor, writer, director, and I love The Gap. I just bought something from The Gap as well.
2:03.7	Just not in the store. Oh, no. You tell me I can't wear the gap right now. I should say I'm Paul Shear. I'm an actor, writer, director, and I love The Gap.
2:02.0	I just bought something from The Gap as well.
2:03.6	Just not in the store. We are not sponsored by The Gap. We're just all-American who like jeans. Hello, anyways. Hi, I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm the film critic for the Los Angeles Times. and because this is a movie where Tom Cruise changes his eyeballs,
2:17.8	I'm going to admit something that I have never said out loud.
2:22.5	To anybody who went to high school with me, my freshman year, I was totally lying that my eye color was natural.
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