The Fabelmans

"[It] feels like listening to two and a half hours' worth of anecdotes, only better, since he's gone to the trouble of staging them all for our benefit. Spielberg's a born storyteller, and these are his most precious stories" 

"The best movie of the year so far is Spielberg’s extraordinary 'The Fabelmans' (...) It’s gripping, visually mesmeric, boasts an exceptional, grounded script (...) A no-holds-barred Michelle Williams with an unforgettable performance (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"One of Michelle Williams' most powerful and moving performances (...) That it is one of Spielberg's most personal movies was never in doubt; that it’s also one of his most original and most satisfying in years is a welcome bonus" 

"A must see movie (...) Moments after the final scene of “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s exquisitely funny and melancholy memory piece I scribbled two words in my notebook: “magic trick.” 

"Spielberg has given us all so much magic over the course of our lives, and 'The Fabelmans' becomes yet another Spielberg masterpiece, but this time, by showing us how this magic came to be in his own life. 

"It is not merely Portrait of Spielberg as a Young Man. This is also a warm, moving drama about the need to make art, whatever its cost. (...) watching him reflect on his past is downright extraordinary." 

"[It] is both a vivid capturing of the auteur’s earliest flashes of filmmaking insight and a portrait, full of love yet unclouded by nostalgia, of the family that made him"