Who would have guessed that the directing of a Spielberg biopic made by Spielberg would be good? The actors were nicely chosen and they did a good job, the music was great. All in all the film was very well made. So the only questions remaining are: is the story good? And did you like it?

The story is a coming of age story based on Spielberg's own life. It doesn't cover his entire life, just his childhood and until he realizes he is going to make movies. As stories go, it's not very original, hell, it's derivative of reality after all, and I suspect portraying both his parents as geniuses and wonderful people was a little self-indulgent. Yet it's a good story, one that shows a Jewish boy growing up fascinated with the lens through which to experience reality. His father was in IT, his mother was an artist, so he got the exactness and technical curiosity of the father and the art bug from the mother.

But did I like it? And the answer is a resounding yes. It is clear that the film means something to the creator and so he didn't crap all over it *cough*crystal skull*cough*. There is a lot of attention to details, focus on people and their interactions without it getting boring. It doesn't mean some people are not going to get bored watching it, but I wonder what exactly did you want more exciting in a biopic than what you already get: family, love, drama, personal growth and discovery, even high school shenanigans. So both me and my wife liked it a lot.

I expect some people might get disappointed because they expected a correlation between Spielberg movies and his personal experience and instead they are just getting the story of the source of the passion for movies and nothing else. There is a dirty trick at the end, though, when John Ford, played for a minute by David Lynch, gives young Fabelman the first directing advice: if the horizon it on the top or bottom of the picture, it's interesting. If it's in the middle, it's boring. It's dirty because it says "now rewatch the whole two hours and a half and look for horizons". Well I won't do that, but if you read this before watching the film, go for it!

Bottom line: a good and well crafted movie, nothing fancy or splashy, but very personal to Spielberg. I enjoyed it.