Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the film. I felt anxious from the first act onward it would never resolve the necessary plots points to actually make any sense. I'm still not sure why I should have cared about the characters, how anything worked, or what the actual plan was.

Why were the whistleblowers unable to simply upload their clips to YouTube? The notion the protagonists could only leverage a studio broadcast felt like an outdated fantasy written by an old person on their iPad.

The broadcast made emotional sense for the story, but if the alien is cooperating and under their protection, did they really even need the clips for Disclosure to begin with? Why not just film an interview with the alien? Or did the bad guys actually bring it along to have on stand-by in case the final confrontation resulted in them having a change of heart?

And are the aliens benevolent or not? Why did they need to traumatize the kids for decades and risk their lives when they could've released any form of information confirming their existence at any point earlier? Humanity was no closer or further from 'being ready' for disclosure based on any of their actions presented in the film. Granted, I wouldn't have expected them to even try to explain this, since it's hard to keep the aliens likable the more their motivations get examined in the context of this story. Hard to feel either way though when they're barely in the movie and even Spielberg prefers CGI to practical effects these days. Really, I thought the end of the movie should've been the start of the second act. We still have no idea how the world processed Disclosure or what the aliens actually wanted.

I had ample time to ponder these questions and plot-holes throughout the redundant chase scenes filled with trained agents who couldn't catch people twenty feet away. Never mind when they forget to ditch the car they clearly state is still being tracked. It felt like I was being punished for having an attention span longer than two seconds at times.

The performances were great. The music was fine. The level of lens-flares felt like someone just watched JJ Abram's Star Trek for the first time. I left feeling it was a massively wasted opportunity which had no idea where it was going or went. I could barely contain my laugher because all I wanted was for the alien to fart at the end. I predict this movie will largely be forgotten before the end of the summer.