'Disclosure Day' Review: Spielberg's 70s-Style Thriller Returns to Close Encounters Territory
By
Pete Hammond
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Summary
A review of Steven Spielberg's new film 'Disclosure Day,' which blends 1970s-style paranoid thriller elements with the world of 'Close Encounters.' The film stars Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, runs nearly two-and-a-half hours, and explores themes of governmental paranoia and otherworldly mysteries. The reviewer praises Spielberg's masterful craftsmanship in creating a chase film that harkens back to his earliest Hollywood movies while demanding complex answers to extraterrestrial questions.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledOn its surface Steven Spielberg's masterfully crafted new film, Disclosure Day might be classified most easily as a 70's style thriller in the vein of Three Days Of The Condor
It has that feel for much of the near two-and-a-half-hour running time, like the filmmaker has taken on the task of essentially pulling off a big chase film harkening back to his earliest Hollywood movies
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