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Lincoln

2012

Steven Spielberg

Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn ...

6.3

28,787

Drama In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Though historians will surely find room to quibble, every choice Day-Lewis makes lends dignity and gravitas to America's most revered figure"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Brilliant, brawling epic (...) Kushner and Day-Lewis also dare greatly in giving us this complex, conflicted portrait of a great American leader. (...) A great American movie (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The movie is grand and immersive. (...) makes us feel transported as though by time machine (...) The Lincoln we see here is that rare movie creature, a heroic thinker"	POS
United Kingdom	Katey Rich The Guardian	"An effective if uneven portrait of a canny politician. (...) the strong cast and political texture always manage to perk things back up. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An absorbing, densely packed, sometimes funny telling of the 16th president's masterful effort in manipulating the passage of the 13th amendment"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Rarely has a film attended more carefully to the details of politics. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"This is among the finest films ever made about American politics (...) 'Lincoln' is a rough and noble democratic masterpiece"	POS
United States	Drew Taylor IndieWire	"For all its technical accomplishment, fine performances and intricate script work, is something of a lifeless bore."	NEU
United States	David Edelstein Vulture	"Splendid, masterful (...) [Spielberg's] filmmaking is deceptively simple—the kind of simplicity only a master can achieve"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A brilliant actor surpasses even himself and makes us see a celebrated figure in ways we hadn’t anticipated. This is the power and the surprise of 'Lincoln.'"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A literate, heartfelt film (...) with a masterful central performance (...) There are some heartstoppingly good setpieces (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"It’s tiresome to describe Day-Lewis as brilliant, so let’s push the boat out: his Lincoln is absolutely wonderful (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Anthony Quinn The Independent	"[It] is sombre, sincere, handsome and deeply reverential. It's also one of the talkiest movies ever made"	NEU

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