Coming-of-age tale a budding filmmaker
Steven Spielberg has given us many memorable films, among them “Jaws,” “Jurassic Park,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and “Schindler’s List.” His most recent, “The Fabelmans,” a fiction based on Spielberg’s early life, shows how a young boy’s fascination with cinema leads him on a dedicated career path.<br /><br />As a young kid, Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryan) accompanies his parents, Mitzi (Michelle Williams) and Burt (Paul Dano) to the movies and is so impressed by a staged train wreck in Cecil B. DeMille’s “Greatest Show on Earth” that he duplicates the event over and over with his own model trains. Concerned about damage from these repeated crashes, his mother suggests that he film one last crash so he can enjoy it whenever he pleases without doing the expensive train set permanent harm. The results spark an intense interest in movie making, and Sammy frequently uses his home movie camera to make short, scripted movies with his friends and sisters, replete with special effects.<br /><br />Burt is an engineer in the burgeoning field of computing. Mitzi is a talented pianist who gave up potential fame to be a full-time housewife and mother to their four kids. Burt and Mitzi’s close friend Bennie (Seth Rogan) is ever present and later causes a rift in the family.<br /><br />As a teenager, Sammy (now played by Gabriel LaBelle) moves on to bigger cameras, creates ever more elaborate special effects, motivates his actor friends to elicit emotion, edits his footage to maximize visual impact, and devises techniques to enhance production values. Burt regards Sammy’s involvement with film as a mere hobby but Mitzi recognizes his need to express his creativity and never wavers in her support. A brief visit by Mitzi’s Uncle Boris (Judd Hirsch) is significant. A colorful character with an atypical past, Boris recognizes a kindred spirit in Sammy and encourages him to pursue his dream. Later, in editing his footage of a family trip, Sammy discovers an unpleasant truth and recognizes that film can reveal secrets.<br /><br />Williams is excellent as a woman devoted to family and frustrated by a life that might have been. Mitzi is a devoted mother and tells Sammy at one point, “You do what your heart says you have to. ‘Cause you don’t owe anyone your life. Not even me.” Williams’ ability to project a cheerful manner, genuine laughter at the smallest things, and pure joy of being with family create a warm, though complex, character. Williams has such wonderful expressions that the viewer can see into Mitzi’s thoughts, frustrations, unhappiness and conflicted feelings.<br /><br />Dano’s Burt is soft-spoken, seldom raising his voice or losing his temper. Seemingly consumed by work, he puts his career first, uprooting the family as his job demands relocation even though this presents hardships for them. Lacking the warmth of Mitzi, Burt appears only half present when he’s in the same room with his wife and kids.<br /><br />Rogan’s Bennie is the beneficent big lug of the story with his wide smile, humor, and generosity. He makes Mitzi happy and she enjoys having him around. In another film, Bennie might be portrayed as the bad guy — a virtual home wrecker — but in Spielberg’s story, there are no villains. The screenplay by Spielberg and Tony Kushner treats the character of Bennie with kid gloves. He’s a nice guy who has become a mainstay of the family and even gets Sammy a costly camera upgrade.<br /><br />Judd Hirsch has only one scene in “The Fabelmans” but makes the most of it. With a heavy Eastern European accent, broad hand gestures, and an impassioned delivery, he embodies a true individualist. Boris is the family outlier — the one who dared to traverse an unusual path and join the circus. Boris understands that Sammy’s creativity must be nurtured. Hirsch’s performance is both humorous and touching.<br /><br />The screenplay by Spielberg and Tony Kushner shows Sammy’s growing fascination with filmmaking as the Fabelman family dynamic plays out. Balancing humor and pathos, it moves briskly and never feels padded despite its 2 1/2-hour running time. With big studio films of late dealing with fantasy and comic book characters, it’s refreshing to see a story about real people. As co-writers, Spielberg and Kushner have fashioned an engaging script.<br /><br />The 2-Disc Blu-ray//DVD Combo Pack contains a Digital code on a paper insert and 3 behind-the-scenes featurettes.<br /><br />”The Fabelmans” is a coming-of-age film, a time capsule of the 50s and 60s, a character study of strong-willed individuals, and a valentine to the magic of movie making. Impeccably cast, well written, and beautifully shot, it takes its inspiration from Spielberg’s early years while dealing with the highs and lows of an American family.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A deeply personal portrait of 20th Century American childhood, Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans is a coming-of-age story about a young man's discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Inspired by Spielberg's own childhood, The Fabelmans is written by Spielberg and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America, Caroline, or Change), who has earned Oscar nominations for his screenplays for Spielberg's Lincoln and Munich. The film is produced by three-time Oscar nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (West Side Story, The Post), Spielberg and Kushner..