Disclosure Day review: Spielberg's alien thriller entertains but offers little new
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Jennifer Ouellette
Hot, fresh, and worth queueing round the block for.
Summary
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is a summer blockbuster that returns to his alien sci-fi roots. While the film lacks originality and fresh ideas in the alien movie genre, it delivers fast-paced entertainment anchored by Emily Blunt's luminous performance. The first half functions as a political thriller reminiscent of 1974's The Parallax View.
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· 3 pulledthere's not much fresh or original here as movies about aliens go, but it's a fast-paced film with a luminous performance by Emily Blunt that won't fail to entertain
The first half of the film is essentially a political thriller—shades of 1974's The Parallax View and similar films
There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors
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