The Fablemans tells the story of an over dramatic and way too complicated family set in the 50's and 60's portraying an already complicated set of situations. Michelle Williams' iron and unhinged matriarch Mitzi Fableman rates top 5 of the most irritating people ever portrayed in a major motion picture. Given the age demographic, The high school angst also seemed over the top and considerably over thought. Gabrielle La Belle and the terribly underrated, but magnificent Judd Hirsch shine as part of this nomadic herd where the rest of the characters here just don't penetrate the emotions of the audience without a roll or two of the eyes. Clocking in at a heavy 2 hours and 30 minutes, the movie requires a tad more depth and sincerity. Not Spielberg's finest and hopefully not his last seat in the director's chair.