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Lincoln

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  • PG-13, 2 hr. 29 min.
  • Drama
  • Directed By:
    Steven Spielberg
    In Theaters:
    Nov 16, 2012 Wide
    On DVD:
    Mar 26, 2013
  • Dreamworks Pictures

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46 A cure for insomnia 1 rank the greatest actors of all time 145 Spielberg really messed up 47 Disappointing 4 The Mastery of the Lincoln movie 0 Lincoln Cinematography 59 Is this film as bad as War Horse? 37 Who thinks DDL will win the Oscar? 1 Oscar Chances? 6 Is this film as bad as War Horse? 31 Tony Medley is a moron 0 Is this film as bad as War Horse? 0 Is this film as bad as War Horse? 0 Amazing Watch it here! 2 Great Movie 6 Victoria Alexander review is stupid 0 Historically accurate? 2 Oscar frontrunner? 0 Cancer Treatment In Homeopathy. 0 Lincoln review by Louis Proyect 3 The actors are better than the sum of it's parts... 5 Wjy was teh 4th son completely left out? 1 Richard Roeper gave it A. it means 4.5 but here it is listed 4. can someone fix?

The Mastery of the Lincoln movie

I am an aficionado of great non-fiction novels about our 16th president Abraham Lincoln. This film is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of Lincoln, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln", and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life.
There is so much about Lincoln and the times: slavery, abolition. the civil war which killed 600,000 of us Americans, the Southern legislation which had taken over the US Congress because the Constitution only counted blacks as 3/5ths of a person, and then didn't allow them to vote. So congress was filled with pro-slavery advocates who were against passage of the 13th amendment.
So what if Mary Todd Lincoln and the oldest son were given short shrift in this movie...THE MOVIE WAS AOBUT THE PASSAGE OF THAT AMENDMENT! FINALLY AMERICA SAW BLACK PEOPLE AS REAL HUMAN BEINGS! If you want a biography of his wife, read one of the twenty or so biographies of her...same with his children. But if you want to see a passionate re-telling of Lincoln attempting to work with some egocentric congressmen who were determined to keep slavery a part of the USA...then this is a rousing wonderful movie. Intelligent, well-written, not needing specious gratuitous death and war scenes.
If you see one money this holiday season, make it "Lincoln." And Daniel Day-Lewis WILL win another Oscar.
Nuschler
11-23-2012 07:25 AM

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Marco Chaudry

Marco Chaudry

What's also great about this man is that even if he was secretly considered a racist, he still knew what was right for his people and sucked it up and abolished the shit out of slavery of African Americans.

Mar 26 - 09:58 AM

Juan de Paz

Juan de Paz

I loved Lincoln's portrait as a fatherly man, with quirks and little silly things, and wisdom and kindness. At the same time capable of navigating the sewer of Washington politics and of ordering tens of thousands to their deaths. A real president. Committed to do what is right no matter what. And right about what mattered.

Feb 24 - 09:30 PM

Anna Chambers

Anna Chambers

Totally agree.If Daniel Day Lewis does not win an Oscar it will be a travesty.For me he was Lincoln.And the film was very powerful and by far the best I've seen this year.

Feb 19 - 04:05 PM

Frank Newman

Frank Newman

I agree!!!

Dec 1 - 02:39 PM

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