A meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert find themselves at the center of a movement to expose the government's cover-up of extraterrestrial secrets.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell
Release Date: June 12, 2026
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rated PG-13 for action/violence, some bloody images and strong language.
Runtime: 2h 25m
Review:
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day offers up the kind of action and humanity you’d expect however there’s a noticeable unevenness to it all, mainly due to a clunky script that keeps it from being something truly special. Spielberg hasn’t lost his ability to create an engaging blockbuster that throws you right into the action and does so effortlessly here by dropping us right in the middle of the action. Kernels of story details are dropped along the way before the full reveal of the alien coverup conspiracy that drives the story. Well-funded shadow organizations chase down Emily Blunt’s Margaret Fairchild, a Kansas City meteorologist, and Josh O'Connor’s Daniel Kellner, a cybersecurity expert who’s ready to reveal everything. Car chases and action sequences are interspersed with discussions about faith and how it would handle a revelation of exterritorial life. It’s an intriguing concept to consider but the script doesn’t find a way to weave it seamlessly into the story which halts the film’s forward momentum. The film is essentially a road movie with it working best as we follow our two leads trek to ultimately find each other through their shared connection. It doesn’t make a ton of sense if you spend too much thinking about the whole thing but it’s entertaining enough to keep you engaged and makes its nearly two and half hour runtime not feel all that laborious. It’s a testament to Spielberg and his cast because the script is filled with clunky dialogue and one-dimensional characterization that would have made the whole thing a mess in less capable hands. Emily Blunt delivers a thoroughly impressive turn, leaving a noticeable mark the moment she pops up onscreen. Her meteorologist’s on-air breakdown/revelation is deftly handled in an extended one shot early in the film which shows how effortlessly switches between speaking a foreign language to a frazzled on-air personality running late. She plays against type for large stretches of the film as the character’s world has been utterly upended as she’s forced to face repressed memories. Blunt brings so much nuance to her turn which makes her character the most interesting and layered person onscreen throughout. Her and Wyatt Russell, who plays her boyfriend to start, have some solid chemistry together but he’s sidelined far too early for my taste. Josh O’Connor does what he can with his character, which isn’t nearly as layered or interesting, leaving him the less interesting task of unloading a fair share of exposition. He’s fine in the role but he’s just never as engaging as Blunt, which is amplified when the pair team up in the final act. Suffering similar fates are Colin Firth and Colman Domingo who are asked to bring their notable screen presence but asked to do little more. Those hoping for a direct connection to Spielberg’s classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, will be left wanting since there’s nothing to be found outside a blink or you’ll miss its flash of Devils Tower among a quick succession of alien encounters. Once it’s all said and done, Disclosure Day may not be Spielberg’s best but it’s probably the kind of movie that you wished the X-Files franchise had gotten back in the day.
B-
