Disclosure Day: Most Evil Movie Ever Made or Most “Okay Boomer” Flick Ever?

I finally watched Disclosure Day this week after renting it on Prime, almost three months after it opened in theaters. By now, the hype has faded, the theatrical run is over, and viewers can judge the movie without all the opening-week noise. Unfortunately, watching it later doesn’t make the movie work any better. It just makes the problems easier to spot. Disclosure Day wants television to feel like the last great force capable of changing the world. That might’ve worked in 1999. In 2026, it feels like a message from another planet. Steven Spielberg’s latest alien thriller follows Daniel Kellner, a whistleblower who’s running from a secret military organization with evidence of nonhuman intelligence. He needs to get that evidence to a major news network. At the same time, Margaret Fairchild, a Kansas weather reporter played by Emily Blunt, has a strange encounter that gives her unusual abilities. Their stories eventually come together, leading to a global broadcast that’s supposed to change humanity forever. Here’s the problem: Why would anyone need a television network? Daniel has information that could reshape civilization, yet the movie treats a news station like it’s the only ...