‘Disclosure Day’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Say Spielberg Alien Tale Is Out Of This World
Critics split over Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller, with reviewers praising Emily Blunt’s performance while others called the script muddled.
- On June 12, Steven Spielberg returns to sci-fi with Disclosure Day, a political alien thriller following a meteorologist experiencing a mysterious extraterrestrial encounter during a live broadcast.
- Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp craft a paranoid thriller focused on exposing hidden extraterrestrial truths, with cybersecurity whistleblower Daniel Kellner evading elite thugs from Wardex while carrying incriminating evidence.
- Emily Blunt stars as Margaret Fairchild, a meteorologist whose performance critics consistently called "stellar," as she navigates flawless comedic timing and despair while evading villain Noah.
- Critics remain divided, with the Guardian awarding four stars while the Telegraph and Times offered lower marks, praising camerawork but criticizing the script as "muddled."
- Despite bleak political outlook, the film remains deeply embedded with Spielbergian hopefulness for human empathy, asserting that while discovering truth may be frightening, the journey itself provides meaningful cinematic experience.
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Emily Blunt Gives Career-Best Performance in Earnest, Thrilling ‘Disclosure Day’: Movie Review
Do you believe in aliens? Or, a better question might be: Do you believe in movies about aliens? The sci-fi genre is littered with them and some of the very best are from maestro Steven Spielberg (E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind). His Disclosure Day (in theaters starting Friday, June 12) is a throwback in the best way. While it isn’t a direct sequel to any of his films, viewers won’t have to squint too hard to find an obvious thematic t…
To cut through the noise and disclose the truth - BusinessWorld Online
By Brontë H. Lacsamana, Reporter Movie Review Disclosure Day Directed by Steven Spielberg STEVEN SPIELBERG’S filmography, in hindsight, has been a continuous probe into the core of what it means to be human in the face of the unknowable. He’s directed quite a few movies about aliens in particular, all offering different takes on how the existence of extraterrestrials in the universe ripples out to affect earthly life and human relationships. The…
<em>Disclosure Day</em>: The Truth Is Down Here
Ever since you saw the TV commercial for Disclosure Day during last winter’s Super Bowl, you’ve likely been asking: “What is this movie?” Now I have the answer, and it’s somewhat underwhelming: It’s a thriller about people trying to go public with proof of human contact with space aliens. This movie finds Steven Spielberg in his gentle mode of mystic crystal revelations, the way he was in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and A.I. Artificial In…
Steven Spielberg is the king of the summer again with ‘Disclosure Day’
“If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?” That’s the simple question that spurred Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” into existence. It’s the famed filmmaker’s newest foray into extraterrestrial life, a subject he’s explored from countless angles throughout his filmography, including “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “War of the Worlds.” What separ…
With 'Disclosure Day,' Can Steven Spielberg Become a Summer Box Office Titan Once More?
At a time when the box office is being defined by a new generation of storytellers, one of its most hallowed is coming back for another round. For only the second time in the last decade and a half, Steven Spielberg is on the summer movie slate with his original sci-fi thriller, “Disclosure Day.” Loaded with a cast that includes Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo and Colin Firth, “Disclosure Day” — which is based on an original story by …
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