The Fabelmans Reviews

Since I have seen all the movies directed by Steven Spielberg and since this last directorial effort had received some really good reviews, I thought I might as well check it out. Another cool thing is that I saw this movie with my mother who is also a major movie buff and she was the one who introduced me to the movies more than 30 years ago. Anyway, to be honest, I had actually a hard time to judge the damned thing after all. I think that the biggest issue I had was that I actually really loved so much the first 15 mins. Indeed, it was just so awe-inspiring to see this little kid watching a movie and getting his mind blown in the process. This sequence was just so identifiable and pretty much pitch-perfect and, for a moment, I thought this movie could turn out to be an amazing masterpiece. Unfortunately, it seemed that this movie delivered its climax right at the beginning and even though everything else was interesting enough, it never became really much more than that and it never reached the level of awesomeness displayed during the opening scene. The basic idea was to show how his parents' divorce would greatly influence his work but, eventually, I thought that none of them (his mother, his father, Uncle Bennie) as an individual really influenced him as a film maker after all. The fact that none of them was really intriguing as a character probably didn’t help either. It is interesting that, even though everybody involved claimed that all these memories were accurately portrayed, Spielberg did modify something crucial though. Indeed, for maybe a couple of decades, he actually blamed his father for this separation but, in this movie, he actually completely changed his point of view for something more nuanced (in fact, in this movie, you could say that his mother was more the one to blame). Eventually, whether you like his work or not, there is no denying that Spielberg's impact on Cinema as an Art has been huge but I'm not so sure if his life was so fascinating after all. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn't turn out to be a masterpiece after all, I was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Steven Spielberg's work. 

(PA) Oh, Spielberg as personal and jewish and occasionally funny, as Allen. His coming og age is passing from 8mm to 16mm, and becoming aware through film editing that his mom is having and affaire with uncle Benny. The secuence in wich Michelle Williams see (just her face) what we already know is great...