‘Disclosure Day’ Review
Close encounters of the trite kind.
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‘Disclosure Day’ ReviewClose encounters of the trite kind.Sonny BunchJun 09, 20261ShareEmily Blunt (with space rod) and castmates in Disclosure Day. (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)[Some plot points for Disclosure Day are discussed below.]Disclosure Day sees Steven Spielberg return to a well-worn subject: extraterrestrials and the wonder they inspire. But unlike many of his previous efforts in this, um, space, Disclosure Day is bluntly ham-handed and overly literal. It feels like a film from an old master desperate to tell us something but unsure he can trust us to understand what he hopes to express without holding our hands throughout. And as such, there’s little room for wonder here.
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