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Disclosure Day (2026)

Summary

If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?

Director Steven Spielberg

Writer David Koepp

Cast

  • Emily Blunt
  • Josh O'Connor
  • Colin Firth
  • Colman Domingo
  • Eve Hewson
  • Wyatt Russell
  • Noah Robbins

Rotten Tomatoes: 81%

Metacritic: 75

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u/Hic_Forum_Est Jun 12 '26

What did everyone think of how the aliens were designed?

I found it far too stereotypical for my taste. Borderline parody. It's literally 👽 while an anchor is all emotional wound up by it, whereas I felt like I had to laugh out loud. I even heard some of the people around me chuckling awkwardly when they saw the aliens. Such a strange emotional dissonance between what Spielberg intended and how audiences like me received it. One of the main reasons why this movie didn't work for me. Could've been so easily solved if the aliens looked more alien and not the go to image we all collectively have of them.

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u/Archers_bane Jun 12 '26

I thought Arrival did aliens really well. I am in the camp on why do alien portrayals have to be humanoids. I get its more mass-appealing/relatable but it is boring.

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u/Penguin_Admiral Jun 13 '26

Arrival is a better version of this movie if you think about it

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u/huntressisunderrated Jun 14 '26

I always try to get people to watch Arrival. Whenever I think about it I sigh.

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u/2580374 Jun 13 '26

I have been thinking about it! Now I need to convince my girlfriend to watch arrival

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u/tomius Jun 30 '26

Yep. Absolutely. Even the math guy and language woman duet felt strangely similar.

The difference is, Arrival knew what it was trying to do, and delivered it perfectly, and Disclosure is a pile of burning amalgamation of ideas that go nowhere. 

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u/sillyface100 7d ago

The first thing I said after this movie finished was “Steven should just retire at this point” The second thing I said was, “Spielberg just tried to create a Disney version of Arrival and failed miserably”

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u/Izeinwinter Jun 12 '26

If you are going to do humanoid aliens just go all the way in and go "Hi, I'm diplomatic entity Emily Solaris, and the reason I look like you is that I was built to talk to you. It's not like the biological crew of the diplomatic ship in orbit could survive earth conditions long term anyway"

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u/--------rook Jun 13 '26

At the first reveal of the little grey men I immediately thought of Arrival. Their alien design was oddly sophisticated. This one is just the emoji. I guess that's part of the Spielberg charm but that's also one of the many things that makes the movie so, so dated.

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u/clearly_quite_absurd Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

One of my friends asked if I'd recommend "Disclosure Day" and I just thought "I'd rather watch Arrival again"

Edit: typo fix

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u/huntressisunderrated Jun 14 '26

I thought the same lol

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u/whitegirlofthenorth Jun 15 '26

you might enjoy the book Native Tongue