The Fabelmans

Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 11, 2022

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 186 Ratings

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OlivierPielDec 29, 2022

Spielberg's linear, clichéd/trope-ridden, simplistic and ultimately self-congratulory self-biopic is not only flat but, worse, very manipulative. His voyeurism, at the expense of his friends and family, is disgusting and pretentious. I wonderSpielberg's linear, clichéd/trope-ridden, simplistic and ultimately self-congratulory self-biopic is not only flat but, worse, very manipulative. His voyeurism, at the expense of his friends and family, is disgusting and pretentious. I wonder what his parents would say.
Compare this with Tarkovsky's Mirror! it's 60 years old, but as poignant or poetic as it is still in advance of its times for the way memories are evoked on film. The way young Andrei's mom is included in the film is also simply beautiful. Unline Spielberg, he is not pretentious in reducing his mom to the clichéd persona of the neurotic failed artist, he transmits his love in a far more inquisitive way. On the other hand, what to expect of someone who turned the horror of the Holocaust into a dumb and simplistic spectacle in Schindler's list to sell to an uncultivated audience?
In a hundred years, dumb 'Meuricans will have forgotten Spielberg like those 1930 and 1950 makers of escapist movies, for but one film, Jaws. Tarkovsky and Antonioni will remain.… Expand

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RealestRealFeb 1, 2023

Remember when Shamalayan wrote himself into "Lady In the Water" as a genius writer who writes a book to save humanity? It was deemed a self-indulgent, pretentious cringefest and this film is no different. This film is extremely awkward toRemember when Shamalayan wrote himself into "Lady In the Water" as a genius writer who writes a book to save humanity? It was deemed a self-indulgent, pretentious cringefest and this film is no different. This film is extremely awkward to watch: the subtext being in every scene: "woe is me...I couldn't film this boo hoo". It's first world problems presented as a "difficult" childhood. Give me a break...such saccharine trash.Make a movie about Kubrick's life - now that's a director who broke conventions and worth a biopic.… Expand

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GwardvaarkJan 15, 2023

Slow, self indulgent, overdramatic, overlong. It looked great and there were some good performances.

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RCardJan 16, 2023

Pretentious! The beginning promises (the discovery of cinema) but the drama of the mother and the high school movie ((there is no patience for a teenage movie full of cliches). Yesterday, I saw Bela Tarr's Satantango. Beautiful! There’s a lotPretentious! The beginning promises (the discovery of cinema) but the drama of the mother and the high school movie ((there is no patience for a teenage movie full of cliches). Yesterday, I saw Bela Tarr's Satantango. Beautiful! There’s a lot more to cinema than this thing.… Expand

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teachuh47Mar 12, 2023

Boring. SO boring. It seems really out of touch with the world to try to pass this off as trauma. This is also not Tony Kushner’s best work, to put it mildly. Cinema Paradiso is 10x the film this is. Just… so… cloying.

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ogretacticMar 2, 2023

What a self-indulgent, cringy, completely made-up piece of crap, these people just can't stop lying, revising history to put themselves at the center while exploiting other as tokens, so in a way that's realistic but incredibly shallow,What a self-indulgent, cringy, completely made-up piece of crap, these people just can't stop lying, revising history to put themselves at the center while exploiting other as tokens, so in a way that's realistic but incredibly shallow, cringy and unbearably arrogant… Expand

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