Feb 23rd  
The Fabelmans**  (12A)
(Cinema City, Norwich)

(US 2022)  
Universal/Amblin/Reliance. 151m.

Young Sam Fabelman (aka. Steven Spielberg) is taken by his loving parents to see De Mille's The Greatest Show on Earth, and develops his enthusiasm for film making through his troubled teenage years.
Laboured memoir from a nowadays more leisurely 76-year old wunderkind; almost transforming into a Spielberg film as his life story likewise progresses, with minor hints of his later films (just as E.T., Poltergeist, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park and others all had minor references to Spielberg's childhood.) Some occasional eye-catching performances and moments of magic, in what is not surprisingly, a sentimental family tribute.

Written by: Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner.
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, Kristie Macosko Krieger.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle (as Spielberg), Seth Rogan, Judd Hirsch, Chloe East, David Lynch (as John Ford)
Photography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Editing: Michael Kahn, Sarah Brosher.

+ Spielberg himself introduces the film to cinema audiences

Leonard Maltin review

THE FABELMANS. A great likeness of the teenage Steven Spielberg by Gabriel LaBelle, flirting with Christianity in the form of his high school girlfriend Monica (Chloe East)