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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 23 Nov 2022

It’s a magical movie memoir of the making of a movie-maker, with Spielbergian sparks of delight and inspiration, and heaping helpings of…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 23 Nov 2022

The Fabelmans contains reels’ worth of beauty and wit, all delivered with the honest and enthusiastic drive to entertain that has become…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Nov 2022

Typical Spielberg. Pulling on multiple heartstrings at the same time, to great effect…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 22 Nov 2022

While the film provides many invaluable insights into Spielberg’s technical and thematic tropes that can be seen repeated throughout his…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2022

So The Fabelmans is entertaining enough, but perhaps what’s best about it is that Spielberg got it out of his system…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 22 Nov 2022

The Fabelmans isn’t likely to go down as “Great Spielberg” or even “Very Good Spielberg” but it’s a warm, enjoyable plunge into…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Nov 2022

Unsurprisingly, Spielbergian wonder is sprinkled throughout the episodic Fabelmans…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Nov 2022

This is Spielberg’s most personal film, and it’s intriguing to watch him pay homage to the directors who made up his group of friends in…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Nov 2022

The Fabelmans does it all, with an expansive spirit and that quintessential Spielbergian combination of honesty and sentiment…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 16 Nov 2022

Embedded in this seeming valentine to the movies is something pricklier, sadder, and smarter…

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By Richard Brody (868) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 16 Nov 2022

For all its tenderness, empathy, warmth, and verve, The Fabelmans has the feel of mythmaking—a feature-length promotional video for an authorized…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Nov 2022

Exceptionally well made, tougher than you'd think in its depictions of a troubled marriage and full of deep performances — it's outstanding…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 14 Nov 2022

The Fabelmans may look nice ’n’ easy as it swings along, with a pile of laughs to cushion the ride, and a nifty visual gag in the closing…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 11 Nov 2022

I hope Spielberg makes 20 more movies…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 11 Nov 2022

Bring out the Oscars for the year’s best movie, a personal best from Steven Spielberg about his own coming of age as a teen torn between…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 11 Nov 2022

Spielberg’s storytelling has plenty of humor and verve, but it has a devastating sense of self-awareness as well…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 11 Nov 2022

Understanding that a knockout finish is the most important element, Mr…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 11 Nov 2022

It’s a deeply personal chronicle from one of cinema’s greatest talents, yielding a movie that features wonderful moments within a somewhat…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 11 Nov 2022

In my opinion, Mr…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Nov 2022

Spielberg is such a supersleek craftsman that what might have been intended as a deep dive instead comes across for the most part as a sprightly…

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