Last night, LMO time, the final trailer dropped for Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. This coincided with the first press screenings, these started on Wednesday.
As usual, the first reactions out of these are the social media and online pundits, outlets like LMO. We didn’t get an invite, probably because every time the postman tries to get to the door of LMO Towers Phil starts barking.
So we will just have to take other people’s word for it. And that word? Well, the word is good.
To the summary pages!
“‘Disclosure Day’ is ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! Truly something special. I was hanging onto every word, captivated by the story as it all played out. The score perfectly elevates every single scene. Part mystery, part Twlight Zone, something new entirely…WOW”
Tessa Smith, Screen Rant
“I can’t remember the last time I loved a Spielberg movie as much as #DisclosureDay — thrilling, funny, deeply emotional and impeccably acted (Emily Blunt, in particular, is astounding). Full of mystery and wonder, it proves that nobody does it quite like Spielberg. Just great.”
Drew Taylor, The Wrap
“Breathtaking compositions, David Koepp’s ‘X-FILES-meets-The Bible’ script is one big high-wire act, Emily Blunt’s most accomplished performance, and John Williams’ best score in years…riveting, moving stuff”
Bill Bria, Slashfilm
“DISCLOSURE DAY is top tier Spielberg, as exhilarating as RAIDERS but with the emotional texture & increased ambition of his post-9/11 work. Right from the opening Spielberg lays down the gauntlet and reminds you that he does this stuff better than anybody in the history of film.”
Jim Hemphill, Indiewire
“There are at least six shots in DISCLOSURE DAY where I have no idea how Steven Spielberg actually did it. It’s an X-Files mystery with winks at every film in Spielberg’s history and an earnestness that I hope people embrace. Emily Blunt gives the best performance of her career.”
Erik Voss, NewRockStars
“#DisclosureDay is like E.T. and LOST in one. Steven Spielberg is all in on engaging mystery and some astounding bits of camera work. Emily Blunt is exhaustingly good, Colman Domingo stands out. It’s a mysterious, tense thrill that largely gives what it promises. Good movie.”
Brandon Davis, Bloody Disgusting
There is, however, one dissenting voice from this love in, and in a couple of years of farming these review reactions, I am starting to notice a pattern:
“I regret to inform you that DISCLOSURE DAY is not the best Spielberg movie in 20 years or whatever people have been saying. But it is quite good. Beneath a mess of half-baked ideas and plotlines, the bones of classic Spielberg sci-fi are still strong enough to deliver a good romp”
Jacob Kleinman, Polygon
Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, and Wyatt Russell.
Disclosure Day opens in cinemas on June 12th, when we can find out for ourselves if “The Beard” really is back, baby!
