Spielberg's The Fabelmans looks and sounds great. The vintage feel of the sets and costumes, lit just right here gives off a continuously warm glow that helped soften some of the shortcomings of the script. As for the performances Gabriel LaBelle was quite good. Michelle Williams gives an interesting performance but at times comes across as a little heavy-handed. The basic story is solid and one that I was engaged with but it did seem meandering at times. In addition to the young Spielberg there are also two sisters, the older of which has two very interesting moments showing that she has complex thoughts but otherwise disappears from the film completely along with her younger sister. The way their characters were addressed was unsatisfying. In the second half they move to CA where the young Steven is bullied for being Jewish. Later in the film this same bully undergoes some random and odd metamorphosis as a deep thinker and it really seems random and out of the blue. Scattered throughout the film there are some very nice and at times moving scenes (the way the young Steven realizes his mother's indiscretion), but by the film's conclusion the sum did not equal the parts and I was left wanting something more than I was given. Despite some major shortcomings there was enough here for me to have ultimately enjoyed The Fabelmans.