The Fabelmans

It is unusual to have two movies about making movies at the same time and both up for awards. Babylon was a self-indulgent turkey, and I must say, I expected a level of self-indulgence here, as it is after all the directors childhood reminiscences. I could not have got it more wrong, yes there were a few elements shoehorned in, yes it was not perfect, but overall this was a brilliantly constructed movie, with strongly drawn characters and situations with a proper beginning middle and end.

Michelle Williams gave an Oscar winning nuanced performance, (I have seen all the other nominated actresses performances and this is the best this year) the complex emotional palette fleeting across her face, it was a very surface performance on a large scale but it went with the character. I am shocked that Gabriel LaBelle is not nominated in best actor category as this is a much better performance that Paul Mescal, but who am I!

It was a very long movie, there was no need, the music was good and Michelle clearly played several of the Beethoven pieces. I must say the movie's title did not draw me in but I wracked my brains for an alternative, how about Mini-Movie-Mogul!

I'm giving this a firm 8 outta 10, it is a must see.