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Daniel Day-Lewis
Sally Field
Tommy Lee Jones
David Strathairn
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Steven Spielberg's long-in-the-work biography of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, as he presides over nation, and family, during the Civil War. -- Chris Kavan

05/01/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Daniel Day-Lewis, just wow!

The President of the United States of America fights for the rights, emancipation, of the slaves.

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I have seen quite a few movies about Abraham Lincoln, and I would say that this film gave me much more information about the sixteenth President of the U.S, however, I felt like it was not all about Lincoln as I expected before watching the movie. I anticipated for something that is really about him, Lincoln and Lincoln alone. Though, of course, I have no reason to hate the story. This slavery and emancipation story was a great material to start with. Also, Spielberg directing, as expected, was great with a kind of performances given to us by Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and one of my favorites Joseph Gordon Levitt. It was with a powerful cast, a great director, go...

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3/4 

01/22/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Oscar Bait

I agree with Alex in saying, this film is not about Lincoln, but, then again, it is. It's not a biographical piece. It doesn't start with his time in Illinois growing up and the Lincoln-Douglas debates, then his eventual election and untimely death. It's about politics. Specifically the politics of getting an amendment passed. Lincoln knew that the Emancipation Proclamation was only good during the Civil War. Once the war ended, the courts would overturn it. He needed the Amendment passes, and this film is the story of how that happened.

Other parts of the film are great, as stated in almost every review, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, etc. are all great. The Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski is excellent as it is in almost every film that he and Spielberg work...

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3/4 

01/22/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Powerhouse acting!

Let's start this review by saying that Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor of all time! Any trailer i watch that has his name involved in what ever project usually means i will put my money down to see it. that being said i will now thank god for his acting abilities as this movie was very long and only the acting job he did as the 16th president of the U.s.a. Abraham Lincoln kept me enthralled thru-out. If you are a history buff, expecially when it revolves around american politics, and are looking for a so called biopic on Lincoln then this may be somewhat of a disspointment for you as a majority of this storyline revolves around Lincoln's final days in office before his untimely death due to assassination, and getting the 13th Amendment signed and delivered abolishing slavery once an...

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2/4