This is a moderately engrossing movie with a thin storyline stretched beyond its entertainment limits. The movie leaves you unsatiated both from artistic point of view and from biography point of view.

So why are critics and award factories going ga ga over it?

Steven Spielberg's halo effect is the biggest reason. How can the man with Midas touch be not a mastero when it comes to snippet from his own life. Thirdly, the actors have done a great job and music is great. Photography is lovely too. Direction is fine.

Just the overall movie comes out as slightly above average fare. If it was not Speilberg's name this movie would get rated 6-7. But because it is Speilberg's name I would give it only 6 stars. Expected more from him.