The Fabelmans (2022)

	Directed by: Steven Spielberg	COUNTRY USA GENRE Coming-of-age drama NORWEGIAN TITLE The Fabelmans RUNNING TIME 151 minutes
	Produced by: Kristie Macosko Kriger Steven Spielberg Tony Kushner
	Written by: Steven Spielberg Tony Kushner

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Samuel "Sammy" Fabelman	Gabriel LaBelle	½
Mitzi Schildkraut-Fabelman	Michelle Williams	½
Burt Fabelman	Paul Dano	½
Bennie Loewy	Seth Rogen
Regina "Reggie" Fabelman	Julia Butters	-
Boris Podgorny	Judd Hirsch
Hadassah Fabelman	Jeannie Berlin
Tina Schildkraut	Robin Bartlett	-
Natalie Fabelman	Keeley Karsten	-
Lisa Fabelman	Sophia Kopera	-
Logan Hall	Sam Rechner	½
Chad Thomas	Oakes Fegley	½

Review

Steven Spielberg revisits his youth and how he came to fall in love with the movies in The Fabelmans, his most personal picture to date. It's a beautiful, nostalgic piece full of gratitude and homages – a love letter to his family and the times he obviously feels lucky to have grown up in and been a part of. Like most of Spielberg's latter work, The Fabelmans is innocuous, but that doesn't mean it's painless. Through his alter ego Sam Fabelman, Spielberg pokes into his parents' character flaws and his own insecurities and perceived shortcomings (literally speaking), and it's all very relatable and told with a warmth and sleight of hand that most certainly will suck you in and transport you effectively back to the 1960s. A fine coming-of-age film made stronger by the filmmaker's honesty and firsthand experience; the film is reportedly autobiographical down to almost every detail. Superb performances by the three leads augment the drama, even if Seth Rogen is slightly out of place and depth as the Fabelman's family friend Bennie.