#REVIEW: “DISCLOSURE DAY”

Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong

A mysterious man (Josh O’Connor) armed with dozens of USB thumbsticks and disposable phones, runs from an evil organization determined to silence him. His mission: to disclose the world-changing secrets they’ve been keeping under wraps for decades. Meanwhile, a weather woman on the local news (Emily Blunt) takes on strange powers. They’re both headed for Hugo (Coleman Domingo), another elusive character who yearns for mass disclosure. If they can make it to him, something profound and history-changing will no doubt happen. But if Noah (Colin Firth) has anything to say about it, they’ll never breathe a word of this to anyone.

Disclosure Day is many things. It’s an Ensemble Drama, a chase movie, a Sci-Fi adventure from the master, Steven Spielberg. Above all, it’s a promise. Every scene doubles down on the extraordinary nature of what’s at stake. This secret, when it’s finally disclosed, is going to blowwww everyoneeee’s miiiiiind. Every question–and there are hundreds–will be answered. And under normal circumstances I’d be very suspicious of any movie making this magnitude of a promise every few minutes, betting everything on a miraculous revelation that will retroactively make the whole thing come together. But this is Steven Spielberg. And if anyone can deliver on that sort of thing, it’s him. Right?

Sadly, no. Disclosure Day falls short of living-up to its buzz. It spends 90% of its runtime building-up a big reveal that ultimately leaves me as disappointed as you are to read this. But before you turn your back on Disclosure Day, I must say that the journey to that its underwhelming conclusion, is undeniably entertaining. There’s more than a few brilliant Spielbergian sequences. Trains, fire trucks, fast-materializing crop circles, invisible barriers, magical remotes, moving characters, comical banter in the midst of intense action, wild speculation about humanity. All your favourites are here.

Blunt is exceptional as a conspiracy outsider channeling unknown forces–simultaneously freaked out by her ever-evolving fate while deftly wielding a newfound, freakish intuition. Spielberg weaves a dazzling web of one-shots and balletic blocking. It’s such a pity I found that luminous foundation to be all for naught.

Maybe your experience of Disclosure Day will vary. I think it’s best seen with as little knowledge and expectation as possible. The problem is that so much anticipation is built right into the Movie itself. Even if you sidestep every trailer and TV spot, every review, every interview, it’s an inevitable factor of the story–baked-in, inseparable. But, uh, movies are about the journey, right??

Universal Pictures Canada release DISCLOSURE DAY Friday, June 12, 2026.