After being spoonfed emotional fluff in War Horse it's nice to see Steven Spielberg go back to the thinking man's historical drama for Lincoln.
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an informative, warm performance that is both commanding and sensitive resulting in a poignantly powerful execution. Spielberg assumes the viewer is already well versed in their historical knowledge and spends no time explaining things to the uneducated, so anyone not unaware of the events surrounding the story will be lost in it's dryness and long scenes of dialogue. The few historical inaccuracies can be forgiven as the meaning and purpose is met by the final reel.
4 Bixby Letters out of 5
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