This was the most imaginative scene in “The Fabelmans” which was on the whole a remarkably mediocre movie for all its attention & the recent award. Must be discouraging for young filmmakers. https://t.co/7yUmCVZEen

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 11, 2023

By making a blonde-Aryan-antisemite the pseudo hero of his high school movie the young Fabelman disarms enemies & wins a pseudo friend. is this an acknowledgment of the superficial triteness of the director’s career as an entertainer? https://t.co/t4k7esg9T4

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 12, 2023