History YMMV / TheFabelmans

** It went a surprising 0 for 7 at the Oscars, joining previous Spielberg Oscar shutouts like ''Film/TheColorPurple'' and ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun''. The worst had to be Music/JohnWilliams getting snubbed ''again'' for Best Original Score against Volker Bertelmann for ''Film/{{All Quiet on the Western Front|2022}}''.

* MemeticMutation: The scene where Sammy meets his idol John Ford as given one, in that [[{{Creator/JohnFord}} one of the Greatest Directors in Film History]] is being portrayed by [[{{Creator/DavidLynch}} another one of the Greatest Directors in Film History]] in a movie being directed by [[{{Creator/StevenSpielberg}} someone widely consider to be the Greatest Director in Film History]]. It’s essentially a Moment of Awesome, Moment of Funny, and a Moment of Mind-Shrew all rolled into one.

* FridgeBrilliance: The casting of Creator/DavidLynch as Creator/JohnFord has a level of brilliance that those who aren’t aware of their backgrounds can miss. It’s not just the fact that Lynch looks a lot like Ford to be in the role, but the fact that both started off as painters before they got into making films. This makes the scene where Ford teaching Sammy about framing makes sense: painters would know about composition of a frame, and by using actual paintings, a painter who becomes a film director can explain the importance of framing a shot because they learned it from art of the past.

* CatharsisFactor: Quite an amount of viewers may find it fulfilling when [[spoiler:Mitzi's daughters call her out on her selfishness on having an affair with Benny.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The movie dwells a lot on Mitzi's affair from her point of view, and the effect it has on her family but neither the characters nor the film itself ever stops to consider the fact that the loveable CoolUncle Benny is betraying his longtime friend and business partner by having a years-long affair.

** It went a surprising 0 for 7 at the Oscars, joining previous Spielberg Oscar shutouts like ''Film/TheColorPurple'' and ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun''. The worst had to be Music/JohnWilliams getting snubbed ''again'' for Best Original Score.

* FridgeBrilliance: The casting of Creator/DavidLynch as Creator/JohnFord has a level of brilliance that those who aren’t aware of can miss. It’s not just the fact that Lynch looks a lot like Ford to be in the role, but the fact that both started off as painters before they got into making films. This makes the scene where Ford teaching Sammy about framing makes sense: painters would know about composition of a frame, and by using actual paintings, a painter who becomes a film director can explain the importance of framing a shot because they learned it from art of the past.

FridgeBrilliance: The casting of Creator/DavidLynch as Creator/JohnFord has a level of brilliance that those who aren’t aware of can miss. It’s not just the fact that Lynch looks a lot like Ford to be in the role, but the fact that both started off as painters before they got into making films. This makes the scene where Ford teaching Sammy about framing makes sense: painters would know about composition of a frame, and by using actual paintings, a painter who becomes a film director can explain the importance of framing a shot because they learned it from art of the past.

** It went a surprising 0 for 7 at the Oscars, joining previous Spielberg Oscar shutouts like ''Film/TheColorPurple'' and ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun''. And Music/JohnWilliams got snubbed ''again'' for Best Original Score.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The movie dwells a lot on Mitzi's affair from her point of view, and the effect it has on her family but neither the characters nor the film itself ever stops to consider the fact that the loveable CoolUncle Benny is betraying his longtime friend and business partner by having a years-long affair.

** Music/JohnWilliams got snubbed ''again'' for Best Original Score.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The movie dwells a lot on Mitzi's affair from her point of view, and the effect it has on her family but neither the characters nor the film itself ever stops to consider the fact that the loveable CoolUncle Benny is betraying his longtime friend and business partner by sleeping with his wife for years.

** Creator/JohnWilliams got snubbed ''again'' for Best Original Score.

* AwardSnub: [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Once]] [[Film/LoveAndMercy again]], Creator/PaulDano misses out on an UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}} nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JuddHirsch earned much praise for his single-scene cameo, to the point of being nominated for UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}} for Best Supporting Actor, as did [[spoiler:Creator/DavidLynch]] for playing Creator/JohnFord.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JuddHirsch earned much praise for his single-scene cameo, as did [[spoiler:Creator/DavidLynch]] for playing Creator/JohnFord.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While Creator/SethRogen plays a comic relief character in the film, his dramatic moment as he says goodbye to Sammy when he moves away from Arizona was praised as a moving scene.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JuddHirsch earned much praise for his single-scene cameo, as did [[spoiler:Creator/DavidLynch]] for playing Creator/JohnFord.