Steven Spielberg has made this movie by basing the main character off of himself and from what I've read, it's pretty much the real story of his childhood and his family.

This is a good movie. I mean it's nice to learn more about one of my favourite filmmakers. Steven Spielberg is one of the best directors out there and he's proven it again and again. And if this was a movie he really wanted to make, obviously I'm all for it. But if I forget for a second that this movie is about Spielberg, and made by Spielberg himself, there isn't really much beneath the surface.

I'm a bit disappointed from this movie. From the title "The Fabelmans" I should have known that this movie is going to be a drama about Spielberg's family, rather than an origin story about Spielberg himself. The family drama though was what I disliked about this movie. I mean it's fine for sure, but the actions of certain characters are very confusing at times. And really, the drama doesn't have much of a connection with Spielberg's filmmaking journey, which was running on the side as a sub-plot. And the slow pace of certain scenes, and thus the long length of the entire movie didn't make much sense to me either. I tried thinking a lot about what could be the meaning behind it but I couldn't really get it.

Everything about Spielberg making films as a child though was perfect. As someone who loves filmmaking, I loved seeing his passion for movies. I loved seeing him figure out how to create certain scenes, and how to bring heart and realism to those scenes. There's an entire scene where he's shooting a war movie, and then he's explaining the actor, exactly what emotion he wants to portray in this scene, I loved that entire sequence.

Overall I thought it was okay. I went with my friends and they liked it, so my thoughts could change a bit on a rewatch.