TelegraphDaniel Day-Lewis is on marvellous form as Abraham Lincoln, in Steven Spielberg’s intelligent film about the battle to abolis...
The GuardianSteven Spielberg has crafted a literate, heartfelt film about Abraham Lincoln's second term in office and his battle to end ...
Total FilmSteeped in the bitter political divisions of the Civil War, Spielberg's thrilling film about hardwon freedoms is immersed in...
New York MagazineBy the time the movie ends, you don't feel as if you know Lincoln-few, in his own time, claimed to know him. But you feel as...
Chicago TribuneIt blends cinematic Americana with something grubbier and more interesting than Americana, and it does not look, act or beha...
The New York TimesTo say that this is among the finest films ever made about American politics may be to congratulate it for clearing a fairly...
Rolling StoneThe phenomenal Daniel Day-Lewis plays Lincoln with immersive, indelible power in Spielberg's brilliant, brawling epic.
New York PostIt's a must-see for Daniel Day-Lewis' charismatic, subtly shaded performance as Lincoln - and an even richer one by Tommy Le...
The Boston GlobeLincoln does something that, at this very particular moment in time, seems almost impossible to comprehend. It makes politic...
New York Daily NewsIt provides Daniel Day-Lewis with an opportunity for his latest extraordinary performance, one filled with kindness and stre...
Los Angeles TimesThere is nothing bravura or overly emotional about Spielberg's direction here, but the impeccable filmmaking is no less impr...
USA TodayIts title notwithstanding, Lincoln is an absorbing, intellectual look at the political machinations involved in abolishing s...
Wall Street JournalThe portrait of Lincoln transcends conventional judgments; it's a complete creation, perfect on its own terms.
Salon ArtsLincoln looks like a big historical drama on an epic scale, but it's also a tightly focused study of character, principle an...
San Francisco ChronicleLincoln has been an oracle, and now, in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, as portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis, he is a man.
Washington PostLincoln gratifyingly dodges the kind of safe, starchy hagiography that some Spielberg skeptics feared.
SlateThere are long stretches that are as quiet, contemplative, and austere as anything Spielberg has ever done.
Richard RoeperA richly detailed interpretation of all the backroom deals, political horse- trading and compromises Lincoln and his allies ...
The New YorkerThe true tussle of the movie, however, is between the Spielberg who, like a cinematic Sandburg, is drawn aloft toward legend...
The Philadelphia InquirerThe film masterfully captures the dual dilemmas facing the president in the final months of his life: how to bring the war b...
The Christian Sciene MonitorAlthough I wish “Lincoln” were considerably more daring both as a piece of filmmaking and as an evocation of history, it doe...
Chicago Sun-TimesI've rarely been more aware than during Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" that Abraham Lincoln was a plain-spoken, practical, dow...
ReelViewsOne of the many, many smart decisions made by director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner when developing Lincol...
Film FractureThis is Lincoln's story, but it is a story told from an entirely different perspective than that of a biography. As a look i...
Hollywood ReporterAn absorbing, densely packed, sometimes funny telling of the 16th president's masterful effort in manipulating the passage o...
Film School RejectsUniformly wonderful, rousing performances from a very talented cast (especially Daniel Day-Lewis); unexpectedly humorous thr...
Entertainment WeeklyAs the title character of Steven Spielberg's solemnly transfixing Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis is tall and elegantly stooped, w...
IGN MoviesWith Lincoln, Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis deliver a poignant and compelling portrait of the Great Emancipator.
The GuardianSteven Spielberg's biopic of the 16th US president starring Daniel Day-Lewis was the secret screening at the New York film f...
Film School RejectsThese really are some of the best performances of the year, including Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tony Kushner
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Release: November 9, 2012
Writer: Tony Kushner
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Release: November 9, 2012
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