Emily Blunt emerges as the standout in Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi chase film, playing a Kansas City TV meteorologist who suddenly slips into Russian, Korean and alien speech.
79 years after the Roswell crash in the film’s plot, “Disclosure Day” follows a whistleblower fleeing with evidence that the Pentagon has experimented on aliens, while DEFCON 2 and war fears sit in the background.
Spielberg’s staging and Janusz Kaminski’s glossy visuals draw repeated praise, with the review citing elegant blocking, reflective compositions and archival-footage cameos as the movie’s sharpest pleasures.
The review says the film still feels overstuffed and derivative of “Close Encounters,” leaning on government-coverup tropes and Spielberg’s familiar childhood-trauma themes instead of building real momentum.
That leaves “Disclosure Day” as a technically assured but uneven spectacle—buoyed most clearly by Blunt’s loose, funny performance as theaters roll out 70mm, IMAX and standard screenings.