It's watching Steven Spielberg grow up from a child terrified by the train crash in THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, to an adolescent film maker. He's pretty up front about the family issues and his parents' break up. I suspect he has realized that being an adult is a tough thing and is willing to forgive.

At 150 minutes, it should feel self indulgent, but it never does, thanks to a terrific performance by Michelle Williams as the mother and Paul Dano as the father. No one seems to be acting, which is half the Spielberg magic. There are also great cameos by Judd Hirsch as the profane uncle who was a lion tamer, and David Lynch as John Ford.

Some of the characters seem sketchily drawn, particularly the sisters, but that serves to emphasize Miss Williams, Dano, and Gabriel LaBelle as the Steven Spielberg character. Is she t that Spielberg and his frequent collaborator Tony Kühner, have drawn a fine portrait of a Jewish post-war family, when things were supposed to be so very bland... but really, people were living their lives.

I can't shake the fact that there is something very pompous about Steven Spielberg making a fictional movie about his real life. It does not help that I first herd of this film after watching a documentary on HBO called Spielberg in which Steve and his family tell the same story as the Fabelmans. It's not like the movie Crooklyn which is a Spike Lee joint about Spike Lee and his family. I think it hits me as arrogant because we know from the jump Sammy Fabelman is Spielberg cause from the jump its all about Sammy making films.

It's a great movie for artist because it's all about the love of the art and your wiliness to sacrifice for that art. It's also for those who are stuck or feel stuck because they feel unable to truly express themselves. A fantastic coming of Age story about a man who could not do anything else but follow his dreams.

It makes you wonder weather Spielberg's upbringing was that interesting or is Spielberg soooo good at telling a story that he could make anyone's life look interesting? A little bit of both but with his streak of great stories including this one I have to lean or towards the latter.

The Fabelmans is very worthy of Oscar nominations the acting throughout was one of the best ever! The family dynamic was so sweet and I wish could be a filmmaker or work on movies in some aspect like Sam's character which I'm pretty sure was based on Steven Spielbergs life. I absolutely loved everything about the movie only hard thing is the length even that is worth it. Packed with great emotions, how to make movies, tender moments, perfect humor, cinematic scenery, and brilliant acted scenes that electrified me! I'm proud of Seth Rogen being involved in serious roles where as the bulk of his roles were raunchy or less serious. All around wonderful film for anyone to enjoy.