“First reactions” on social media are usually laudatory and vague, and those around Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming Disclosure Day are no less so. But the specifics they do offer are intriguing and somewhat atypical, given that those posting call the film “funny,” the director’s “weirdest” and call out its “X-Files-meets-The Bible script.”
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Bill Bria from SlashFilm calls it “riveting” and “the weirdest movie Spielberg’s ever made.”
Collider EIC Stephen Wientraub calls it “another towering home run” from the director who, let’s face it, could be considered a great even just for his alien-themed work.
The Wrap’s Drew Taylor singles out Emily Blunt, as many do, calling her performance “astounding.”
Germain Lussier from Gizmodo and i09 calls it “Spielberg’s best film in 20 years.”
Critic Tessa Smith was one of a number of those who singled out John Williams’ score. She described the film as a whole as “Part mystery, part Twlight Zone, something new entirely.”
Jim Hemphill from Indiewire calls the film “top-tier Spielberg” before adding, “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.”
As if that commentary were not enough, Universal dropped what appears to be the final trailer for the film, and it includes snippets from Spielberg. In one he offers, “I am much more inclined now that when I made Close Encounters to say that we are not the only intelligent life in the universe.”
The film opens June 12.
