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Lee, Benjamin (September 11, 2022). "The Fabelmans review – Steven Spielberg's sweet but sanitised personal drama". The Guardian . Retrieved October 14, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay written by Spielberg and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner – who has earned Oscar ® nominations for his screenplays for Spielberg’s Lincoln and Munich – the film stars Gabriel LaBelle as 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman; four-time Academy Award ® nominee Michelle Williams as his artistic mother, Mitzi; Paul Dano as his successful, scientific father, Burt; Seth Rogen as Bennie Loewy, Burt’s best friend and honorary “uncle” to the Fabelman children, and Academy Award ® nominee Judd Hirsch as Mitzi’s Uncle Boris.

With his Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Judd Hirsch became the first actor to receive two nominations over four decades apart, with this being his second nomination and first since the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981, where he was nominated for Ordinary People (1980). It is also the first TIFF People's Choice Award winner to not win any of its Oscar nominations since David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (2007) and Spielberg's first film to not win any since Ready Player One (2018). Ehrlich, David (September 11, 2022). " 'The Fabelmans' Review: Spielberg's Heartfelt Biopic About Movie History's Biggest Divorce". IndieWire. Lang, Brent (October 25, 2022). "Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' to Open MoMA's The Contenders Series (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved October 25, 2022.

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Many have felt the film too syrupy. It can seem that way (the poster doesn’t help). But there’s real kinkiness at its core, such as the scene in which the family watch Mitzi perform a spooky, narcissistic dance in a see-through dress. And the moment Sammy imagines himself capturing on film his family’s pain as Burt and Mitzi announce their breakup (which he ends up doing, of course, with the very movie you’re watching). a b Buchanan, Kyle (September 11, 2022). "In 'The Fabelmans,' Steven Spielberg Himself Is the Star". The New York Times. Sakoui, Anousha (August 5, 2021). "Hollywood booms despite Delta variant as production surges". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021 . Retrieved August 20, 2021. Ross Bonaime of Collider wrote "For decades, Spielberg has shown us ourselves through the magic of his movies, and with The Fabelmans, he finally shows us who he is, the good and the bad, and pain and the joys, the magic and the mayhem." [122] Peter Debruge of Variety named it the frontrunner for the Academy Award for Best Picture, while writing "...this endearing, broadly appealing account of how Spielberg was smitten by the medium – and why the prodigy nearly abandoned picture-making before his career even started – holds the keys to so much of the master's filmography. More similar to Woody Allen's autobiographical Radio Days than it is to European art films such as The 400 Blows and Amarcord (the more highbrow models other directors typically point to when re-creating their childhoods), The Fabelmans invites audiences into the home and headspace of the world's most beloved living director, an oddly sanitized zone where even the trauma – which includes anti-Semitism, financial disadvantage and divorce – seems to go better with fresh-buttered popcorn." [123] Adam Nayman of The Ringer named the frame of younger Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord) "projecting his own painstakingly captured Super 8 footage onto his outstretched palms" in the dark as one of the best shots of 2022, calling it "...a holy trinity that, as visualized by Steven Spielberg at his late-career image-making peak, signifies something deeply metaphysical about filmgoing and filmmaking — that the artist must imagine himself amidst the audience." [144] Pete Volk of Polygon and Marshall Shaffer of Slant Magazine named the "hallway scene" where Logan Hall confronts Sammy Fabelman over the way the latter portrayed him in the "Ditch Day" film and the two of them ultimately coming to an understanding, as one of the best movie scenes of 2022, with Volk calling it "...a powerful moment in a movie filled with them, and it gets right to the heart of Spielberg's story of the undeniable power of images and the responsibility of those who wield them." [145] [146]

Michelle Williams as Mitzi Fabelman, Sammy's encouraging but tempestuous mother and a skilled pianist Gilchrist, Todd (November 10, 2022). "In The Fabelmans, Spielberg chronicles his family's story and captures universal truths with his camera". The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 10, 2022. The Banshees of Inisherin, TÁR, Elvis, and the Fabelmans shut out of this year's Oscars". The A.V. Club. March 13, 2023.

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Swanson, Anna (September 15, 2022). " The Fabelmans is a Personal Journey Through Memories and Moviemaking". Film School Rejects . Retrieved October 14, 2022. DeFore, John (September 11, 2022). " 'The Fabelmans' Review: Steven Spielberg's Deeply Moving Childhood Memoir". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 14, 2022.

D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 18, 2021). "Steven Spielberg Amblin Pic Based On His Childhood Adds Australian Actor Sam Rechner". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 . Retrieved June 18, 2021.David Fear of Rolling Stone wrote that "If the movie does adhere to [Steven Spielberg's] signature beats, and feature so many recognizable Spielbergisms, occasionally to its detriment, it's still one of the most impressive, enlightening, vital things he's ever done." [132] Peter Travers of ABC News was positively overwhelmed by the film, saying "Bring out the Oscars for 'The Fabelmans,' a personal best from Steven Spielberg in no small part because it's a family picture about Spielberg's own family. Sentimental? Sure. Sappy? Never. No movie this year cuts a clearer path to the heart and the power of imagination." [133] Anthony Lane of The New Yorker praised the film, saying "'The Fabelmans' may look nice 'n' easy as it swings along, with a pile of laughs to cushion the ride, and a nifty visual gag in the closing seconds, but take care. Here is a film that is touched with the madness of love." [134] Spielberg has directed from a script co-written with Lincoln and West Side Story collaborator Tony Kushner, which while not directly based on events in his life, draws heavy inspiration from the iconic filmmaker’s childhood to create a drama will that will focus on Spielberg’s formative years in Phoenix, Arizona.