Everyman Cinema Harrogate film review - Disclosure Day
With veteran directors like Spielberg, I think there’s a tendency to lean into what they’ve done before and what has already worked - an inclination I really don’t blame them for.
However here, the director is doing things that feel fresh and boundary-pushing.
In this case, camera movements and set pieces were done in totally new ways, and at one part I was really racking my brain as to how things could’ve been executed so seamlessly.
Don’t be concerned about the sizeable runtime by any means.
The film was a stream train that refused to backtrack, instead carrying on, making the necessary stops but no more, for the most part just barrelling along.
There was a constant threat from one of the film’s key elements and even the backdrop of the world at the time, hinted at through bits of dialogue, background exposition, or a few small moments explained to me how vital the mission of our protagonists was.
I think it’s so pertinent too in a time when misinformation is at a high, even though our ability to capture events is the easiest it’s ever been.
There’s something incredibly real and emotional about how things here are presented.
It feels like its message is telling its audience to think about what it doesn’t see when it watches the news, and to understand what might be hidden and why.
There are so many fun concepts being thrown around and I was pleased that everything got an ample amount of time, feeling well explored but leaving lingering questions every now and again.
It was as powerful as the epic John Williams score heard throughout.
Disclosure Day (for as overall US-centric as it was) was an excellent film, full of wonder and intrigue, putting things on screen which were new and exciting, all in a good vs evil scenario that had a classic kind of quality.
It has immaculate control over its narrative, characters, and pacing, and unraveled in an engaging and ever-more-enticing way. Amazing from start to finish and a real- concerningly rare in the modern spear- triumph for the blockbuster.
Rating: 9/10