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how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
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““The Fabelmans” starts in the 1950’s with Sammy Fabelman experiencing for the first time the magic of cinema with his parents. Slightly traumatised by the movie, particularly a train crash scene, it’s from this emotional experience the first glimpses of becoming a film maker appear.”
tensharpe · TMDB reviews ↗
“I think this movie shouldn't be this long”
MatePolcz · Metacritic ↗
“it struggles to achieve anything substantial”
PersianParadise · Metacritic ↗
“rarely this boring”
PersianParadise · Metacritic ↗
“The beginning is promising, with a slow rhythm and well-adjusted scene sizes”
PersianParadise · Metacritic ↗
“it quickly loses its way, becoming fragmented and non-compact”
PersianParadise · Metacritic ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.
“Semi-autobiographical and dedicated to his late mom and dad, the film is a potent memory piece guided by remarkable performances from Michelle Williams and Paul Dano, who are asked to walk a delicate tonal tightrope, delivering a portrait of an imperfect marriage that’s heartbreaking in its tenderness.”
Tim Grierson, Screen Daily · 100
“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.”
Ross Bonaime, Collider · 100
“It’s Spielberg’s most personal film, one that gorgeously revives the memories of his childhood and youth with a lavish sense of wistfulness and an aptly Hollywood-ized, fable-like touch.”
Tomris Laffly, The Playlist · 100
“If the movie does adhere to his signature beats, and feature so many recognizable Spielbergisms, occasionally to its detriment, it’s still one of the most impressive, enlightening, vital things he’s ever done.”
David Fear, Rolling Stone · 100
“It’s gripping, visually mesmeric, boasts an exceptional, grounded script by Tony Kushner and is acted to the hilt.”
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 89, the watch 53
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“I think this movie shouldn't be this long”
MatePolczabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“it struggles to achieve anything substantial”
PersianParadiseabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“rarely this boring”
PersianParadiseabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“The beginning is promising, with a slow rhythm and well-adjusted scene sizes”
PersianParadiseabout 0–15% inread it ↗
““The Fabelmans” starts in the 1950’s with Sammy Fabelman experiencing for the first time the magic of cinema with his parents. Slightly traumatised by the movie, particularly a train crash scene, it’s from this emotional experience the first glimpses of becoming a film maker appear.”
tensharpeabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“I saw several negative reviews before I watched this, and I assumed there was an element of grading someone a bit more harshly when they have achieved wild success or, heaven forbid, if they do stellar work in one genre such as sci-fi or adventure and then have the chutzpah to create a film in a different genre not appreciated by the sci-fi etc. fans. Maybe there was some of that baggage involved; how else to explain one-star reviews. Really? A disgusting gross-out comedy might get 4 stars, but ”
Peter McGinnread it ↗
“The film is eminently watchable. The acting and directing are, of course, excellent. The script, however, meanders aimlessly like Moses in the desert. Where's the point? What are the important take-aways? These questions and more are not answered. For such a long film, the character development of the supporting roles was wholly absent. In my movie list of Directors About Themselves (https://boxd.it/iEWZO), this is weakest of the whole bunch.”
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