Disclosure Day

"Disclosure Day is a thought-provoking exploration of human psyche in a sci-fi drama featuring a masterful performance by Emily Blunt. The screenplay is at times unnecessarily slow-paced and overtly exposition heavy, leaving the audience alienated on more than one occasion. Thankfully, the contrived screenplay is the only drawback of this otherwise, massively engaging and unusual film."

"Set aside these disappointments though, and Disclosure Day can be fully enjoyed for a thriller, involving the works – from a world 'on the brink' to deeply kept State secrets to braveheart renegades. Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor are magnetic, with she being funny and empathetic, he sincere and gullible, and both people the world can lean on easily for comfort."

"Disclosure Day is not a commercial crowd-pleaser but Spielberg's greatest achievement is keeping you engaged throughout the film with his masterful direction and storytelling."

"Spielberg fumbles, falters, but eventually finds his footing. The film is both a thrill-a-minute ride and a philosophical question about who is more dangerous to Earth - aliens or humans themselves. And Spielberg uses all his mastery to mask the faults and, eventually, deliver a climax sequence for the ages."

"Disclosure Day keeps Spielberg working at the level he has done for the second half of his career, where he makes entertaining movies that just lack a sense of true wonder and focus on themes and ideas that, while interesting, become too cliché to create any sort of interest beyond the introduction of those ideas in the first place. Sadly, Disclosure Day doesn't break the streak of Spielberg doing films with tons of potential that don't really hit the nail in the end."

"Steven Spielberg returns to familiar extraterrestrial territory, but Disclosure Day never quite achieves the emotional lift-off it is aiming for. In flashes, it has the markings of an awesome Steven Spielberg masterpiece. As a whole, it leaves you wanting more, but not in a 'leaving Isla Nublar' kind of way that makes you crave a return visit even if it means sitting through disappointing sequels."

"Director Michael Sarnoski has done a huge disservice to the original product. It's hard to invest emotionally in the central characters when nothing happens to them despite them making all sorts of blunders."

"Spielberg's latest is messy, thoughtful and timely."

"At 79, returning to stories of the Third Kind with Disclosure Day, Spielberg is still making films in an industry shaped by his own successes, but the remarkable thing is that this beloved unc has still got the sauce. Even now, he grasps that intangible something many contemporary event movies seem to have forgotten: that cinema is at its most powerful when a room full of strangers briefly share the same wide-eyed astonishment."

"It may not dazzle as vibrantly as ET or Jaws, one cannot deny the importance of the story the filmmaker tells with neat effects. And the cherry on the cake is Emily Blunt."

"Steven Spielberg returns to familiar territory with Disclosure Day, a sci-fi thriller that blends conspiracies and extraterrestrial encounters. Led by strong performances from Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, the film combines conspiracy thrills, forgotten memories and extraterrestrial mysteries."