STEVEN SPIELBERG FAQ

Fan-fired enthusiasm helps make up for a lack of searching analysis in this Spielberg tribute. Gunning for detail over depth, Monush reels in nuggets such as Ellen Brody’s preferred salad dressing in Peter Benchley’s

Jaws novel. Criticisms of Spielberg, meanwhile, are largely ducked. The box-office chapter runs surplus to needs, but Monush treads lightly over the minutiae of adaptations, shoots and cameos, banking goodwill for his robust (and correct) A.I. defence. Kevin Harley