Very sweet moments in the movie, but just way too long. The acting was great, but I have to say I felt myself drifting off at times. Somehow it felt more like a story about his parents, than about him. I think maybe making this film helped Spielberg himself understand his parents better, so he was exploring their relationship in every detail. But the film left unclear where his passion came from. What he enjoys about filmmaking. How it makes him feel. His motivations were not made clear at all.

Several scenes were interesting with regard to his life, but they were lacking in the sense that they did not help understand him better as a person, like the prom scene for example. Somehow the movie was lacking heart & soul.