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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Stuart McGurk

If aliens do exist, should we be told? Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day looks for answers

Colin Firth (centre, standing) in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Colin Firth plays the head of a shadowy government agency in Disclosure Day. Photograph: Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment

It’s a question that has fascinated science fiction film-makers and authors: just how would we react if aliens exist? And, if they do, should we even be told?

This big question dominates Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi epic, Disclosure Day, which sees Josh O’Connor playing a whistleblower determined to tell the world there’s been a vast cover-up, and that aliens do in fact exist.

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