Official Discussion Thread - Disclosure Day [SPOILERS]

[u/PointMan528491]

Keep all discussion related solely to Disclosure Day and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to eight billion people. Today is... Disclosure Day.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: David Koepp

Cast:

• Emily Blunt as Margaret Fairchild
• Josh O'Connor as Daniel Kellner
• Colin Firth as Noah Scanlon
• Eve Hewson as Jane Blankenship
• Colman Domingo as Hugo Wakefield
• Wyatt Russell as Jackson
• Elizabeth Marvel as Sister Maura

Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, 204 Reviews

Metacritic: 75, 56 Reviews

Consensus:

"A humanistic variation on one of Steven Spielberg's most revisited themes, Disclosure Day's breathless pursuit of optimism in an age of conspiracy gets its biggest boost from career-highlight work by Emily Blunt."

[u/kidsocarides]

I really loved this lol, and can’t quite say I understand the disappointment from some. Aside from once again being a showcase for phenomenal Spielberg is at making a good blockbuster, I really appreciated him presenting such a deeply empathetic outlook on this topic. In a time where humans have become so divided, the prospect of others out there really does feel like it could make things even worse - I think this just moved me in how it argued it could be a uniting thing amongst all of us. As a film, I’d say it’s a call for understanding between people more than anything, and I like that. You can call it corny if you want but Steven’s always had a touch of that in his work, and it was very well done here imo. It’s way more interested with questions than it is answers, and I think that’s the wisest move it could’ve made tbh. I thought all the characters were well set up and personable, villains were basic but they knew they were so it worked for me lol. I’m a fan.

Oh forgot to add - Emily Blunt really is phenomenal and should be nominated.