The Fabelmans is a new drama directed, co-written and produced by Steven Spielberg, director of E. T. Jaws and Schindler's List.

Growing up after World War II, Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) discovers his passion for films and later learns to make his own films. For example, he uses his knowledge and talents of movies to express his passion and emotions, but while filming he learns a family secret that can completely change his family life.

With this film, Steven Spielberg shows his own history and how he himself developed a passion for films and making his own films. Fans of films and people with a passion for films or making their own films will find themselves in this film. In addition to his passion for filmmaking, Spielberg has also incorporated the family drama from his own history into the film. These two different storylines have a good cause and effect relationship, but unfortunately do not always work in a balanced way next to each other. One storyline can sometimes take over the other a bit too much, so that the balance of the story is sometimes lost. Although this can take the film out of focus, it does respond appropriately to how filmmakers sometimes find it difficult to combine their passion and private life.

In addition to his own family history of and discovering his passion for film, Spielberg has also incorporated the history of his own film career into film. For example, he links back to well-known films that he has directed himself or the connections he has built up during his career. For example, with the soundtrack he links back to his collaboration with composer John Williams, who has provided the soundtracks for many Spielberg-directed films. John Williams was supposed to retire too, but he came back for this film, of which he also made the soundtrack.

Spielberg has also portrayed the film appropriately, making the different times in which the film takes place seem credible. He does this with appropriate film sets, hairstyles and clothing of the film cast. He also does this by having the main character keep changing film cameras. With the times, the technologies kept improving resulting in more and more modern movie cameras to capture movies in newer and different ways.

The cast members of the film are also well cast, because they resemble the people of whom they play a fictional character. For example, Gabriel LaBelle closely resembles a younger version of what Steven Spielberg looked like in his younger years. Furthermore, Gabriel LaBelle also plays the role of someone who is more concerned with his passion for film and making his own films. Instead of actually getting into things that most average people are into during their lives. Michelle Williams and Paul Dano also play his parents well, who try to be there for their children despite their personal problems.