MOVIE NEWS – Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi conspiracy thriller Disclosure Day is being hailed by critics as exactly the kind of sweeping, emotional and deeply human spectacle audiences expect from the 79-year-old master.

Critics appear to agree that Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi conspiracy thriller, Disclosure Day, lives up to the high expectations that still surround the 79-year-old filmmaker. The film currently stands at 90 percent on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Reviewers describe it as a return to Spielberg’s roots, a monumental and deeply humanistic work that feels like a worthy continuation of earlier classics such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

The most enthusiastic reactions focus on Spielberg’s ability to fill large-scale spectacle and breathless pacing with genuine emotion. Inverse describes Disclosure Day as Spielberg’s most energetic film in decades, while also framing it as a hopeful ode to humanity’s rare ability to face the unknown with love rather than fear. The critic at DiscussingFilm stresses that the movie’s greatest strength lies in the way it presents empathy as humanity’s hidden superpower, one that is still waiting to be discovered.

There is also broad agreement that Emily Blunt delivers one of the strongest performances of her career. The carefully assembled cast – Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo – brings impressive weight to the film as well, but Blunt clearly steals the show. Her performance has a magnetic pull, and her character, a vulnerable television meteorologist who suddenly finds herself in possession of inexplicable abilities, quickly wins over the audience.

Spielberg remains unmistakably Spielberg. Although the story revolves around the exposure of a decades-long government conspiracy, the director has not held back on action, once again proving that he is still a master of dizzying chases and fierce confrontations. The tension and drama are given further force by the brilliant score from John Williams, Spielberg’s longtime creative partner.

The point is perhaps best summed up by RogerEbert.com: as the filmmaker who effectively shaped the modern Summer Blockbuster, Spielberg once again reminds audiences that a spectacular action film can carry deep, unsettling ideas while still being completely engrossing entertainment.

(Disclosure Day – now in Hungarian cinemas!)

Source: UIP Dunafilm