{"id":33667,"date":"2026-06-11T01:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=33667"},"modified":"2026-06-11T01:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:06:05","slug":"disclosure-day-delivers-some-thrills-but-doesnt-quite-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=33667","title":{"rendered":"DISCLOSURE DAY Delivers Some Thrills, But Doesn\u2019t Quite Wow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 145 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature from Universal Pictures will be playing\nexclusively at theaters and on IMAX screens June 12th<\/sup>, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Famed director Steven Spielberg has made his fair share of\nscience-fiction pictures, including the undisputed classics Close Encounters\nof the Third Kind<\/em> and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial<\/em>, as well as A.I.\nArtificial Intelligence<\/em>, the War of the Worlds<\/em> remake and, most\nrecently, Ready Player One<\/em>. This week marks another genre entry for the\nfilmmaker. Disclosure Day<\/em> is a new, original story with otherworldly\nelements. Admittedly, it\u2019s impossible for Spielberg to top the first two iconic\nmovies listed above, but does this attempt still inspire a sense of wonder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With nations on the brink of World War III, the tale begins\nwith cybersecurity expert Daniel Kellner (Josh O\u2019Connor) stealing secrets from\na secret organization known as Wardex corporation. It is revealed that he and\nhis girlfriend, Jane Blankenship (Eve Hewson), are on the run from Wardex head\nNoah Scanlon (Colin Firth). This is because Kellner claims he possesses 75\nyears of hidden material involving a UFO conspiracy that he plans on making\npublic. In the meantime, Kansas City TV weather personality Margaret Fairchild\n(Emily Blunt) begins exhibiting odd behavior. At times, it even appears as\nthough she can read the minds of those around her. The villainous Scanlon\u2019s\nteam sees a connection between Kellner and Fairchild and pursues them both. Yet\nthe pair find themselves drawn together and, with the help of some unexpected\nfriends, attempt to fully understand what is occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spielberg is a master with the camera, and his work here\nalong with cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Schindler\u2019s List, The Lost\nWorld: Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, War of\nthe Worlds, War Horse<\/em>) is spectacular. The camera pushes into characters\nduring lengthy takes with a moving camera, swirls around panicked passengers in\na car, and delivers thrills during several pursuits – one particular standout\ninvolves a train. This is, for the majority of its running time, a chase movie\nand this filmmaker is one of the greatest at building tension and capturing\naction in creative ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cast is also excellent. While stories about alien\nconspiracies can come across as silly, the actors all help maintain a degree of\nbelievability throughout most of the story. Blunt is fun to watch as Fairchild,\nwho finds herself surprised to speak unexpectedly in different languages. There\nare also excellent bits where she uses her not-fully-understood skills to stun\nstrangers with intimate comments and advice. The film also derives some humor\nout of Fairchild\u2019s partner Jackson (Wyatt Russell) and his frustration at her\nodd behavior. And O\u2019Connor is relatable as a frightened whistleblower on the\nrun, constantly trying to think of ways to avoid capture.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But upon first viewing, not everything here works. The story\ncertainly implies that both Kellner and Scanlon\u2019s group have a solid\nunderstanding (or at least, a better idea than anyone else) of the advanced\ntechnology in their possession. And yet, antagonist Scanlon seems continually\nsurprised by his targets and how the fugitives use similar powers to escape his\ngrasp. There are also problems with the finale. One of the themes appears to be\nthat we, as human beings, currently live in an age where we are losing empathy,\nan essential trait for our survival. This message is a welcome one, but it\u2019s\nmentioned a couple of times in the film, and reiterated in a long and talky\nsequence towards the end. This important moment intersperses a lot of CGI and\nscience-fiction elements into a real-world plea, and it doesn\u2019t quite land\neffectively. Additionally, one anticipates a feeling of awe during the close of\na Spielberg epic, and this picture doesn\u2019t deliver it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disclosure Day<\/em> is an exceptionally shot and staged\nfeature. The performances are excellent and there are some exciting moments.\nBut there is also a lot of repetition in the story, and the finale\/resolution\ndoesn\u2019t wow as intended. It\u2019s entertaining in the moment and well-intentioned,\nbut doesn\u2019t linger long in the memory after the credits roll, and ends up a\ndecent but lesser entry in the filmmaker\u2019s sci-fi catalog.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 145 minutes This feature from Universal Pictures will be playing exclusively at theaters and on IMAX screens June 12th, 2026. Famed director Steven Spielberg has made his fair share of science-fiction pictures, including the undisputed classics Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, as well as A.I. Artificial Intelligence, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":33672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[217,1059,4609,4628,5912,5913,5914,5915,6916,11059,17776,19103,22825,23571,24536],"class_list":["post-33667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-217","tag-aliens","tag-colin-firth","tag-colman-domingo","tag-disclosure-day","tag-disclosure-day-film-review","tag-disclosure-day-movie-review","tag-disclosure-day-review","tag-emily-blunt","tag-josh-oconnor","tag-science-fiction-2","tag-steven-spielberg","tag-thriller","tag-universal-pictures","tag-wyatt-russell"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}