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Lincoln
Positive Reviews
169
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
4.2
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4.5
While this isnt a movie dependent on flashy visuals, Spielberg still gives a lot of attention to details.
Keith & the Movies
4.5
The film doesnt draw any direct parallels between politics then and politics now because it doesnt have to.
Av Club
4.5
But theres a noticeable consistency to the movies internal battles; this is, after all, a Civil War tale.
Indie Wire
4.8
This is a lesson we would all do well to remember, as modern America also stands at a crossroads in extending freedoms and addressing inequities.Spiel ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
His is an old fashioned style of moviemaking that can produce soaring entertainment or, alternately, a fussed over theatricality.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Im not sure whats gained by giving familiars two minute long snatches when 90 seconds are wasted just acclimating to, say, Lukas Haas in artfully dirt ..
Austin Chronicle
4.0
Lincoln works as a snapshot of a great man without ever slipping into a portrait of sainthood.
Time Out
5.0
Nor is every film director a visionary (though that should be part of the job description).
Time Out
4.5
While the film missed on a few marks, Lincoln remains an engaging story full of heart, humor and conviction that remains culturally relevant even toda ..
Collider
4.5
And its either a great film, or one of the better films done by a great filmmaker.
Collider
4.5
Lincoln doesnt merely celebrate a man; instead, it celebrates something bigger.
Paste Magazine
5.0
Rarely has a film attended more carefully to the details of politics.
Rogerebert
4.2
If someone had told me a year ago that Spielbergs Lincoln would be a funnier movie than Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, I might not have believed the ..
IGN
4.0
Its tiresome to describe Day Lewis as brilliant, so lets push the boat out: his Lincoln is absolutely wonderful.And Spielbergs Lincoln
Telegraph
2.5
Hopefully Honest Abe can appreciate my candor.Civil War re enactors baffle me.
Cinema Blend
4.0
This is no mere Great Man imitation and familiar profile this is a portryal of nuance and depth.
Ny Daily News
4.0
But, by fighting to have it abolished, Lincoln is forced to, in effect, extend the war and the inner turmoil suffered by Lincoln is perfectly encapsul ..
JoBlo
4.4
In lesser hands, all this chatter would have played like clumsy exposition, but Kushner has a subtle touch.
The Globe And Mail
4.4
Visits to the Lincoln home are less engaging.Sally Field has the thankless job of conveying Mrs. Lincolns crushing grief and probable mental illness.
Philly
4.4
The film masterfully captures the dual dilemmas facing the president in the final months of his life: how to bring the war between the states to an en ..
Philly
4.0
Steven Spielberg directs this poignant drama which covers the final four months of Lincolns life.
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
And for all its grace notes, the films lightly lyrical touches, like the Great Man himself, the movie ambles, meanders and wanders off on storytelling ..
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
10 1 5 / 10 Its interesting to find the new film from Steven Spielberg titled Lincoln, when in fact its barely about Abraham Lincoln at all.
Blu Ray
5.0
See our full review: Dishonest Abe Steven Spielbergs long awaited biopic of the 16th president reveals the pol behind the legend Steven Spielbergs lon ..
Chicago Reader
4.4
Lincoln is an exploration of an unspoken truth: At some point, the people we have come to admire most in history more than likely got their hands dirt ..
Mark Reviews Movies
4.4
Those who think wily power brokering, cynical manipulation and a polarized Congress are modern phenomena will be surprised to see intriguing parallels ..
Usa Today
4.5
The very talented cast of this film is put to good use, thanks to Spielbergs sure direction and a strong script, written by Tony Kushner (Munich).
Lariat
3.8
Parallels to modern politics are easy to see but not underlined; apart from the Washington wheeling and dealing, which has a West Wing like appeal of ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.3
While Day Lewis is astoundingly good in the title role, the movie around him is a drab, lifeless retelling of the final days of Abraham Lincolns life.
News Review
4.4
Spielberg, Kushner and Day Lewis also dare greatly in giving us this complex, conflicted portrait of a great American leader.The result, glitches and ..
Rolling Stone
1.5
Whereas Sweden was commonly held up as a political economic Third Way between the capitalist West and the communist Iron Curtain, the budding or chafi ..
Pop Matters
4.0
Whereas Sweden was commonly held up as a political economic Third Way between the capitalist West and the communist Iron Curtain, the budding or chafi ..
Pop Matters
4.5
The voice may occasionally suggest Walter Brennan, but nothing about the performance ever feels forced or fake.
The Wrap
4.0
Superbly directed and brilliantly written, Lincoln is a literate and thoroughly absorbing political drama with a terrific central performance from Dan ..
View London
3.5
But Day Lewis is far too wily an actor to simply give us a stooped, woebegone Lincoln and leave it at that.
Cs Monitor
4.5
Lincoln isnt a biopic in the conventional sense, but a snapshot of a turbulent point in American politics.
Film Journal
4.5
But its exceptionally interesting, entertaining backroom politicking.
Az Central
4.4
Its possible you may think Lincoln is too talky too full of characters and ideas, too taxing to our Twitter pated attention spans.Consider, then, that ..
Boston
4.0
In fact, the human drama of Lincoln is often less compelling than its political plot which, even given its on the record outcome, becomes a gripping p ..
Npr
5.0
This biographical epic presents the final four months of Lincolns life as war in Washingtons trenches.
Star Tribune
4.2
by Spielberg doesnt need more accolades as a storyteller or as master of spectacle, but its time to acknowledge him as a great actors director.
Emanuellevy
5.0
Steven Spielberg has made more obviously entertaining and more emotionally seductive movies than Lincoln, but this is for him the most brave and, for ..
Guardian
5.0
Spielberg has made a moving and honourably high minded film about this world changing moment of American history, his best for many years: I cant imag ..
Guardian
4.4
This is, all in all, a first rate visual presentation of a gorgeous film.
Q Network
3.0
Day Lewis looks the part and supplies plenty of gravitas, with welcome traces of a dry sense of humour.
Daily Mail
4.5
Lincoln is a stirring paradox, a dream of history as it might truly have happened.A
Ew
5.0
Steven Spielbergs drama is a film for folks who love intellectual discourse and want a film that perceives a historical event with as much realism as ..
Cinema Crazed
5.0
Lincoln looks like a big historical drama on an epic scale, but its also a tightly focused study of character, principle and politics.
Salon
4.5
Day Lewis embodiment of Lincoln is less a portrait than a sculpture.
Slate
4.0
The result is a film as absorbing and unassuming as the central character.
Flim List
5.0
Much has been made of how restrained Spielberg is in his direction, but that belies the elaborate framing and the coffee dark richness of design; how ..
Empire
5.0
Susan Grangers review of Lincoln (DreamWorks) Back In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.Thats not part of Ste ..
Susang Ranger
2.5
It is so pedantic, slow moving, sanitized and sentimental that I kept pinching myself to stay awakewhich, like the film itself, didnt always work.The ..
Observer
5.0
Day Lewis performance is a brilliant character study of a legendary man.
Common Sense Media
5.0
To be on the receiving end of that is more than entertainment.It feels like a gift.
Sf Gate
5.0
Rushmore, and the running time, of two and a half hours, prepares you for an epic.Yet the film is a cramped and ornery affair, with Spielberg going in ..
New Yorker
4.4
For Spielberg, Lincoln is a surprisingly un showy affair, with a subdued palette to match its subjects disposition.
Slant Magazine
5.0
The result is an exciting and timely illustration of the possibilities of the political process and an inspiring demonstration of ordinary people doin ..
Express
5.0
It blends cinematic Americana with something grubbier and more interesting than Americana, and it does not look, act or behave like the usual percepti ..
Chicago Tribune
3.0
His Lincoln is stubborn and stoic, but also quite witty when the mood permits, and though its definitely worthy of an Oscar nomination, it doesnt have ..
Bullz-Eye
4.5
Lincoln is a transcendent film for the director , more than even Schindlers List, and...may be his best, most completely realized film to date.
Reeling Reviews
4.2
Lincoln gives us a Spielberg we havent seen before, one who can communicate nineteenth century American history somewhat in the way Kenneth Branaugh t ..
Reeling Reviews
4.0
A perusal of the cast list offers odd lessons about the hierarchy of performance.
The Irish Times
4.0
The Haunting of Hill House ending explained everything you need to know after watching Feature The Haunting of Hill House ending leaves a lot of quest ..
Total Film
4.4
Lincoln is part character study and part period piece political thriller.
ReelViews
4.5
The wall to wall talk and lack of much Civil War action might give off the aroma of schoolroom medicine to some, but the elemental drama being played ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.5
There are a handful of occasions when Spielberg lays the uplift on a bit thick, John Williamss score swelling like a bladder, but for the most part th ..
The Atlantic
4.0
Spielberg shows us why.Lincoln isnt a full blown birth to death biopic of The Great Emancipator, and better for it.
Hollywood
3.0
Its a dirty job we should be thankful when someone good agrees to do it.
Standard
0.0
Forget all the adulatory plaudits you might read, this could be the most boring movie ever made.
Tony Medley
4.0
While his heroic qualities are visible when theyre needed, Day Lewis Lincoln is a deeply human individual, stooped and weary after four years of civil ..
Los Angeles Times
4.4
Spielbergs finesse in chasing mass appeal has diminished in recent years, but that fault isnt enough to blight the whole film, which is better defined ..
Groucho Reviews
4.5
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity ..
Hit Fix
5.0
Even better, it does so in a way that is entertaining and surprisingly funny, instead of being a mere dramatization of facts.
Aisle Seat
4.5
It happens again several times (once it is played for laughs): the movie stops, and Day Lewis slowly delivers dialogue of great importance.
Movie Habit
4.5
Thorough, brilliantly competent and at times stirring, Lincoln has many obvious virtues, but it never quite attains the greatness its subject seems to ..
Movie Habit
3.8
This Lincoln is pragmatic enough to make the Honest Abe label seem hilariously overstated.
The Star
2.5
Its Spielbergs Passion of the Christ, really, and no one needs to see it to know exactly what it is and how itll go about it.
Film Freak Central
3.5
It almost feels unfair to the rest of the sprawling, star laden cast.
Oregon Live
5.0
The portrait works in service of the story, and the moment in history we witness on screen deserves all the serious attention the filmmakers pay to it ..
Urban Cine File
5.0
The whole ensemble is arguably one of the greatest casts ever assembled.
Movies Tv Guide
4.0
Who else but Steven Spielberg could take on such a grand subject as the abolition of American slavery and the cessation of civil war
The Age
5.0
With a remarkable cast, a tight and sharp script, and a sure hand on the helm, it is one of those rare films that was designed to be great that turns ..
Maki At The Movies
3.5
A surprisingly low key character piece which is all the better for its subtlety.
Cine Vue
4.0
If an exquisitely wrought dramatization about a president who is the gold standard to the greatest number of American brings new awareness of our hist ..
Varia Gate
4.0
This is the quietest of recent films, with an equally unobtrusive, delicately crafted, totally absorbing performance from Daniel Day Lewis.
Digital Spy
3.5
Spielberg so intently avoids making Lincoln merely a biopic that his subject is even assassinated off screen.
Tamp A Bay
3.8
In some ways, though, the films real heart and conscience is old Thaddeus Stevens who must wrestle with reconciling his deeply held beliefs on equalit ..
New York Post
3.0
Steven Spielberg spent considerably longer making this film than Abraham Lincoln took to abolish slavery and bring about the end of the Civil War.
Nz Herald
5.0
Daniel Day Lewis is so good in Lincoln he makes a $5 bill look phony.
Kansas City
3.1
Its pretty incredible that Steven Spielberg got the real Abraham Lincoln to play himself.
Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Perhaps the films great strength is that it serves as a remembrance in the digital age of an incredible American.
Cleve Land
0.6
Lincoln would have been a great deal more worthwhile had it stuck to a fuller portrayal of the title mans life, but even if one accepts the pictures v ..
Dustin Put Man
4.0
It might be overlong and office bound, taking rather a long time to work up much energy and hedging away from the more iconic moments, but Spielberg b ..
Contact Music
4.4
Its a hugely entertaining performance that emphasizes Lincolns lively intelligence, quick wit and genuine interest in the stories of others (he does a ..
Larsen On Film
5.0
But the canny Lincoln understands politics at an almost cellular level.
Hollywood And Fine
3.8
Avoiding cliches and the larger than life Lincoln of history, Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis work together to give us what may very well be the most h ..
4.5
The film succeeds most as a showcase for all the amazing acting talent involved, particularly the incomparable Daniel Day Lewis.
Ign
4.2
The story in Steven Spielbergs Lincoln is more than 150 years old but its message is just as relevant in todays age.
The Film Pie
2.5
This films biggest problem is the title; its wrong.It is a period of civil war.
Movie Crypt
4.0
Lincoln Synopsis As the Civil War continues to rage, Americas president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with man ..
Movie Web
3.5
It could have been one of the great, unabashed American movies, but instead, its just a competent but muted record of an American hero with some great ..
Cinemix Tape
4.0
Most often it is concerned with the processes and political rivalries of 1860s Washington in a way which would likely thrill a history professor, but ..
ComingSoon
5.0
The film presents a relationship between Stevens and his biracial housekeeper, Lydia Hamilton Smith (S. Epatha Merkerson).
Solzy At The Movies
3.0
The professional in me ploughed forward, determined to enjoy Lincoln and its scenes of studied contemplation and historical significance, but I couldn ..
The Shiz Nit
4.5
For the first time in a decade and a half, its a joy to say that Steven Spielberg has crafted another masterpiece.
What Culture
5.0
If you think Lincoln is going to be another Civil War epic something certainly suggested by ads for the film you would be wrong.
Mercury News
3.0
Its an impeccably crafted history lesson that, unusually for a Spielberg film, tells us why its subject matter is important, instead of engaging with ..
Scots Man
2.0
This is handsome looking history, but Spielbergs worshipful treatment slows down its pulse.
Scots Man
5.0
An Oscar ready historical masterpiece that does double duty as a history lesson and as a reminder of the paralytic limitations of a house divided.
No La
5.0
Its an intricate, thought provoking and (be warned) very talkie study of democracy that is almost entirely schmaltz free.
Metro
4.4
A more all encompassing biopic of his life would have moved too fast and felt like highlight reel.
Scene Stealers
4.0
One never feels alive or inspired watching this history, merely intrigued, as if watching a film made for a museum exhibit: well made to be sure but a ..
The Ooh Tray
3.0
And yet, despite this, the film remains an emotionally detached experience.
Or Lando Weekly
4.5
Lincoln is the best kind of biopic; one that offers us only a glimpse of a persons life, but informs us of the subject better than a more sprawling st ..
Streaming Quickflix
5.0
The latest addition to the Bond canon goes beyond thrilling into chilling and enthralling, plus a kind of stirring..
Wsj
4.5
By now audiences are well aware what to expect when Spielberg is wearing his schoolmaster robes.It should come as no surprise that Lincoln is hard to ..
East Bay Express
2.5
This Lincoln has little fire in his belly.The whole film lacks fire in its belly.
Tony Mack
4.5
Dont go into Lincoln expecting a nail biter.And dont go in expecting a thriller.
Fat Guys At The Movies
4.5
The result is a beautifully nuanced film about statesmanship, quiet contemplation, and above all else principle.
Concrete Play Ground
4.2
Lincoln is Spielbergs best film since 2005s Munich, and one of 2012s finest.
From The Balcony
4.4
Hollywood fog and lights and a mess, a lying mess, shame on Spielberg.
Denver Post
3.8
One might expect something like this to be an admiring biopic in the vein of Schindlers List; a paean to the moral heroism of a great man.
Film Blather
4.5
Much like his other epic films about war, Spielberg paints a picture words can never portray.
Review Express
5.0
Lincoln explores U.S. history with staggering attention to detail and a cast that is largely impressive.
Cinema Sight
4.5
Lincoln is brain food and, at another pivotal moment in American political history, an instructive feast.
Entertainment Time
5.0
But fans of great writing, superb acting, beautiful photography and the rousing scores of John Williams are going to lap this one up.
Daily Star
5.0
As one of this generations greatest actors, two time Oscar winner Day Lewis is a shoo in for a chance at a third trophy.
Media Mikes
3.5
Lincoln is a fine film but not the one that most folks may have been expecting.
Daily Film Fix
4.0
While Lincoln is not quite on par with Spielbergs magnum opus, Schindlers List, its close.Part of Spielbergs artistry lies in the creation of atmosphe ..
Theepoch Times
3.5
Its the only thing that makes sense.While Spielberg captures a time, Day Lewis captures another brilliant performance, and some of the supporting acto ..
The Scorecard Review
3.5
The film is, instead, a well told story about a good man who cajoled, manipulated and bravely fought to end slavery through the passage of the 13th Am ..
Johnhanlon Reviews
4.5
... Spielberg and company are more interested in the work behind the scenes, and they present it with flair and wit absent from the theatrics of polit ..
Stream On Demand At Home
4.5
Day Lewis has ascended to the Marlon Brando level with yet another richly detailed and effortlessly transcendent performance.Its not the vocally boomi ..
Graffiti With Punctuation
4.5
Yet in reclaiming the old style historical drama/biopic and making it his own, he imbues the film with a muscular vitality that blows away the showy a ..
Honey Cutts Hollywood
4.0
What I wanted to say to Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Field: for Gods sake, just stop and take your Oscars...youre breaking my heart and youre killing me ..
Need Coffee
5.0
Lincoln has been dismissed by some as merely people in rooms talking. That may be true, but what people. And what talking.
Sky
1.5
It looks like lazy filmmaking.And the big dramatic ending to Lincolns life
Film Festival Today
4.0
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Richard Roeper
5.0
Yes, its not the fast paced war film some might have expected given the directors history, but Lincoln instead triumphs as the definitive portrayal of ..
Schmoes Know
4.0
For it is easy for somebody like me to call for iconoclasm, but what would this really accomplish in the end.After all, every country has one or two h ..
Hey U Guys
4.5
A Case for the Democratic Process The stakes are considerable, but Spielberg has no need to convince anyone of the awfulness of slavery.
Movie Line
3.5
Two major goals of the film seem to be to faithfully document a crucial moment in history through entertaining fictionalisation and to use Lincolns in ..
Cinema Autopsy
3.0
But once you settle in, this is an educational and enlightening epic.
Standard Net Au
5.0
This is filmmaking at its highest.Anxiety is generated, but so are laughs.
Bad Ass Digest
4.2
I never anticipated that Id come out of this film, which I expected would be heavy handed and ponderous, saying, Wow, that may be the funniest movie o ..
Looking Closer
3.5
The movies let me enjoy the struggle for freedom both ways, as historical meditation and epic silliness.
The Nation
4.0
Lincoln may indulge its subject a little too much but it highlights the road to a momentous occasion with an intimacy that gives emotional weight to p ..
The Popcorn Junkie
2.0
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Google
3.5
It probably goes without saying that Lincoln is as dialogue heavy and performance driven as just about any movie in recent memory.
Blogs Houston Press
4.4
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4.5
Every ounce of time honoured respect a nation has seen fit to bestow upon The Great Emancipator is addressed frame by frame in Steven Spielbergs state ..
Screen Space(Squarespace)
4.5
Though Lincoln feels more like a play than a film, and will appeal mostly to history and political buffs, it is one of Steven Spielbergs best and most ..
Fox News
3.0
As for the lightingits GARBAGE.This is the worst lit film in recent memory.
Cines Nark
4.5
And its star is arguably the finest actor on the face of the earth.
7 Dvt
4.5
Its a movie, not a history lesson, but theres a lot of historical perspective in it.
Nc Register
4.0
The film itself can occasionally feel a little lifeless by comparison (as would you if you had Daniel Day Lewis enunciating so beautifully in your imm ..
Ultra Culture
4.5
After all, hes not only one of Hollywoods choosiest actors, cherry picking the fattest roles, but hes rarely delivered a misfire.
Reel Reviews
5.0
Spielberg and Kushner have managed to make a film to the measure of its protagonist by making Lincoln about so much more than its subject.
Ny Books
1.5
But Lincolns flaws dont keep it from succeeding on several levels: as a showcase for Daniel Day Lewis; as an interesting and engrossing biography of a ..
Eugene Weekly
4.0
But for a movie thats called Lincoln, its surprising how much of an ensemble piece it is.
Access Hollywood
4.5
Only Spielberg could balance careful realism and a big heart like this.
Deads
4.2
Neither one of our children made it all the way through this film.
Family Home Theater
4.5
However, in Steven Spielbergs fantastic biopic of President Abraham Lincoln, not only does Daniel Day Lewis present a winning portrait of a great man, ..
Patheos
2.5
But Steven Spielberg, the talented director who hasnt made an original film in quite some time, wastes the talent hes assembled here.
4.5
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantinos brilliant bad ass black/white buddy caper, a fitting response to D.W. Griffiths rancid brilliance in Birth of a Na ..
Bay Area Reporter
3.0
A bit like watching the West Wing played by Amish People. Desperately needed 40 minutes cut out of what is essentially quite a beautifully made movie.
Sound Cloud
5.0
Spielbergs film is clear eyed and almost entirely devoid of maudlin sentimentality.
Easy Reader News
4.5
There exists a sweet spot for film biographies of pivotal American figures.
Ticket Sarasota
3.8
A poignant portrait of Lincolns last days, time spent as a marked man making his appointed rounds en route to his rendezvous with destiny.
Aalbc It
4.8
Its got everything Academy voters love, but much more importantly, its a great movie packed with powerful performances, confident directing and an air ..
Jeffreyklyles Word Press
4.5
Steven Spielbergs biopic of Abraham Lincoln arrives with a star studded cast, no cheese and measured direction.
Blogs Crikey
3.2
Day Lewiss portrayal, and screenwriter Tony Kushners depiction of Lincoln is probably 85 percent bullsh*t, but its the best kind of Hollywood bullsh*t ..
Filmdrunk Uproxx
4.5
Spielberg has put together a film that is reverent but not fawning; familiar but not clichd; measured but not ponderous.
5.0
Nor is every film director a visionary (though that should be part of the job description).
Time Out Chicago
4.5
The means by which great accomplishments come from turbulent compromises in tactical theater is an engrossing act to witness, made even more thrilling ..
Next Best Picture
4.5
Nevertheless, it is Day Lewis grave embodiment that carries this picture beyond wigs and false beards and political processes.
Deep Focus Review
4.5
Lincoln is deeply patriotic.Pride in nation and dedication to the good of all is the uncontroversial ends to a perfectly controversial story.
Movies With Butter
5.0
Even if you find yourself in no hurry to see Lincoln again, once is essential.
Clothes Onfilm
4.5
Lincoln is a masterpiece of filmmaking and is an unforgettable film to watch in a theater.
Critical Movie Critics
4.5
One big happy family.Some day when a radicalization as deep as the 1930s or 60s grips American society once again, we might look forward to the making ..
Counter Punch
4.5
Lincoln is an engrossing and even stirring civics lesson that tries, with admirable responsibility if only mixed success, to give voice to black Ameri ..
Tablet Mag
3.5
My reservations notwithstanding, Lincoln is reasonably engaging for ninety minutes or so, and it should do for the Civil War period what Schindlers Li ..
Tik Kun
5.0
This movie is all politics all slavery all the time, just what was needed to restore some balance to Lincoln movies heavily titled toward youthful pro ..
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