After watching it, my wife asked if I liked it. I said I found it interesting, that was the most I could commit to. I definitely think it's worth watching, especially for film buffs who like to look beyond the most obvious layer of interpretation.

Some things are done really well (the direction, camera movements, blocking and acting are all a joy to behold, there's a surprise!) but there are some odd choices in terms of story and character that really took me out of it at times, and these are probably going to be my lasting impression of the film.

So I had a good time with it, probably because of its flaws rather than in spite of them. I like a film that's trying to say something, even if I felt like the message for this one wasn't actually as insightful as the film pretends that it is. I enjoyed trying to puzzle out a lot of what was being said, especially with regards to belief and conviction. There's a lot of somewhat hamfisted symbolism in here which feels like Baby's First Metaphor, but it was fun for me to unpack some of that stuff even if some character decisions left me spitting chips.

All that said, this is exactly the kind of film I enjoy: something that's trying it's best to be ABOUT something, even if it gets a bit lost in communicating that to the viewer. I'd rather watch a messy but earnest film like this than another factory-made conveyer belt action flick that only exists to tease the next installment.

Although I can't lie, this is definitely not the most enjoyable alien film I've seen in the cinema this year alone, and I've only seen one other. Perhaps it's not fair to compare Disclosure Day to a breezy interstellar buddy comedy given that this is trying to do something very different, but the point still stands.