Ben Shapiro Reviews Spielberg's Disclosure Day

June 13, 2026

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Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" Falls Flat Despite Big Ambitions

Ben Shapiro walked into Steven Spielberg's latest alien film expecting magic. He left disappointed. "This brings me no pleasure," he says, "because the reality is I'm a Spielberg fanboy." But the movie, Disclosure Day, simply does not deliver on its most promising premise.

The Premise That Never Arrives

The film's advertising promises a society-wide reckoning: what happens when humanity finally learns that aliens are real and have been on Earth for decades? That is the question the trailer sells. The problem is that the disclosure itself happens in the last ten minutes of the movie. The entire runtime is a chase sequence leading up to the reveal, not an exploration of its consequences.

Shapiro points out that Spielberg has made multiple films about individuals discovering aliens—Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., War of the Worlds—but never a movie about how all of society would react to that knowledge. Disclosure Day seemed poised to fill that gap. It does not.

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1 (00:00) **Ad: Polymarket** - Ben Shapiro discusses using Polymarket as a better alternative to sports books for betting, offering a promo code
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3 (03:23) **Introduction to "Disclosure Day" Review** - Ben begins his review of Spielberg's new alien film, warning of spoilers and expressing initial disappointment
4 (03:45) **Core Disappointment: Missed Premise** - Ben argues the film fails because it sets up a society-wide reaction to alien disclosure but never delivers on it
5 (05:21) **Plot and Characters** - Ben outlines the main characters: Emily Blunt as a meteorologist, Josh O'Connor as a whistleblower, and Colin Firth as a corporate antagonist
6 (06:29) **Interesting Idea: Religion and Aliens** - Ben highlights a subplot where Spielberg respectfully explores how religion might handle alien life
7 (07:23) **Central Conflict Failure** - Ben identifies the core ideological conflict (should people know?) is dismissed early and never seriously explored

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Show Notes

Steven Spielberg made a movie about aliens that tries to teach us that communication and empathy can heal the universe. I have thoughts. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

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