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Of his own cut scenes, Jude Law says, "I'm not going to go into it. To me, Steven's relentless [focus on] David's path is so impressive as a directing decision. To lose the excess baggage, even if it's meaty stuff...If it detracts--get on with the story."

Of course, in this distracted, overloaded information age, that raises a big question. If audiences can't easily figure out on a first viewing why the people around David do what they do, will they be intrigued--or just annoyed? Will the average multiplex audience be up for a "mode jerk" over Milk Duds? It'll be weeks before the box office tea leaves portend a final answer. Meanwhile, back on the set of Minority Report, Spielberg shrugs off forecasts. "I'm hoping this movie will get families and young people, but you never know," he says. "I always expect the worst and hope for the best."

From critics, the best is mainly what the filmmaker has gotten: Many notices have been positive to glowing. But Spielberg, of course, can't help also aspiring to public acceptance and a lasting legacy. He'll be watching and waiting to find out whether audiences around the world are more likely to enter the next millennium looking back on A.I. as a beautiful, transporting wish upon a star or just a very strange howl at the moon.

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Originally posted Jul 13, 2001 Published in issue #604 Jul 13, 2001 Order article reprints
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