Review: Disclosure Day (2026)

Big Steve pulling out the “wonder” card yet again…and it still works!

Disclosure Day is Spielberg having fun again, and it’s hard not to get swept up in it. After a decade or so of directing heavier, more serious films, this feels like a return to the playful side of his filmmaking that was all over his early 2000s work. That being said, the film is still fundamentally “Spielbergian”. All of the things that make him Spielberg are all here including commentary on a traumatic childhood.

This is much more Minority Report than Close Encounters. It’s a fast-moving chase movie wrapped in a sci-fi mystery, constantly throwing new obstacles and surprises at its characters while maintaining a real sense of wonder throughout. Spielberg keeps the pace moving and never lets the film get bogged down in its own mythology - we start with a bang in the best way possible.

Emily Blunt is fantastic, bringing exactly the right mix of determination and vulnerability, I thought this was a career-best performance from here. Colin Firth is an absolute heavyweight and clearly having a great time as the “heavy”. 

What I loved most is that the film never loses its sense of excitement and curiosity. Spielberg still knows how to make you look at the screen with wide eyes, and there are several moments here that capture that feeling better than most blockbuster directors working today.

John Williams’ score isn’t one of his all-time greats, but there’s something comforting about it. It has that classic Spielberg-Williams warmth that instantly takes you back to a different era of blockbuster filmmaking.

Will Disclosure Day go down as one of Spielberg’s greatest films? Probably not. But it’s one of his most entertaining in years. A fun, exciting sci-fi adventure that feels like Spielberg reconnecting with the side of filmmaking he does better than almost anyone.

4/5.