ReviewDisclosure Day movie review: Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller is a flawed but fun ride

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Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth, Disclosure Day starts well and features exciting set pieces, but the final act blows it

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Emily Blunt as meteorologist Margaret Fairchild (left) and Josh O’Connor as cybersecurity expert Dr Daniel Kellner in a still from Disclosure Day (category IIA), directed by Steven Spielberg. Colin Firth co-stars.

James Mottram

Published: 12:00am, 10 Jun 2026Updated: 12:05am, 10 Jun 2026

3.5/5 stars

“The world is on the brink,” mutters Colin Firth’s government operative Noah Scanlon at the outset of Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi thriller, Disclosure Day.

The legendary director’s return to the genre, following such game-changing blockbusters as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Minority Report, once again posits the idea that aliens are out there.

Indeed, a shady government-affiliated outfit called Wardex has been repressing military-shot footage of extraterrestrial encounters for 79 years – all to prevent a mass panic.

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Now, a former employee, cybersecurity expert Dr Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor), has gone rogue, stealing the clips in an effort to release them to the world as he goes on the run with his girlfriend Jane Blankenship (Eve Hewson).

Meanwhile, Kansas meteorologist Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) has just gone on live TV, speaking in a guttural clicking language that only Kellner understands. If that is not mad enough, North Korea appears to be aiming to kick-start World War III, sending the public into a frenzy.

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth, Disclosure Day starts well and features exciting set pieces, but the final act blows it

Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth, Disclosure Day starts well and features exciting set pieces, but the final act blows it