IMDb plot summary: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, and Paul Dano.
The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg's newest movie, a sort of fictionalized version of his childhood. We follow Sammy Fabelman, a child (and then teenager) who falls in love with filmmaking, and we see how his parents' unsteady relationship and eventual divorce shape him as a young artist. While it would be very easy for a film about loving film to feel pretentious and unrelatable, Spielberg as always knows how to capture the hearts of his audience by centuring the drama around human relationships. Michelle Williams and Paul Dano are especially watchable as his parents -- definitely anticipating some Oscar nominations for the acting. Warmth and love for these characters is woven throughout the whole thing, and it makes all the emotional beats hit just right. It's kind of difficult to talk about because none of the individual moments of this movie seem particularly noteworthy on their own, but added up together it just WORKS. And while this is a tiny moment, it has the most perfect final shot of any movie I've seen lately -- I involuntarily laughed out loud in delight and rewound to watch the last 10 seconds again. Definitely a very strong entry in Spielberg's filmography.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Fabelmans > Forever Young
The Fabelmans > Kuroneko
The Fabelmans < Secretary
The Fabelmans > The Farewell
The Fabelmans < Down With Love
The Fabelmans > Star Trek
The Fabelmans > Summer Wars
The Fabelmans > Evil Dead II
The Fabelmans > Trainspotting
The Fabelmans > Short Cuts
The Fabelmans > The Cat Returns
The Fabelmans < The Jungle Book (1967)
Final spot: #587 out of 3749, or 84%.
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