The Fabelmans is bland, lacklustre, shallow, flat, & phony, with very long takes. Right from the start you're wondering why these scenes aren't edited.

And as for the story content, I found myself saying, 'As if!', every couple of minutes.

Poor Michelle Williams (Manchester By The Sea), directed here so that she looks like she can't act.

This is trowelled-on Americana, initially from the 50s (big fin cars). It's shows a hermetically sealed life in a large Jewish family, sidelining the girls in the family completely, as the young lad (Spielberg) spends his time and money on improved movie equipment. This allows for a great deal of 'tech talk'.

No doubt it eventually moves on from the 60s, but so slowly, I'll never know.