Directed By:
Steven Spielberg
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn
Rating:
PG-13 for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief
strong language
Run Time:
2 hours, 29 minutes
Synopsis:
During what would be the final few months of his life, President Abraham
Lincoln (Day-Lewis) struggles with the politics and ethics of trying to end the
Civil War and get the 13th Amendment to the Constitution passed
while avoiding the scenario of getting one result at the expense of the other.
REVIEW
Andrew:
We’re posting this a little late, but Sarah and I were able to catch an advance
screening of Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Lincoln, his long-awaited
biopic of Honest Abe. It has a cavalcade of stars, headlined by two-time
Academy Award-winer Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) in the title
role, along with supporting turns by Sally Field (The Amazing Spider-Man),
Tommy Lee Jones (Hope Springs), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper) and a whole lot
of other actors.
Sarah:
Just about anyone you can think of was in this movie.
A: Pretty
much! Obviously it’s a biographical film of Abraham Lincoln, but it only the
last few months of his life, particularly during the final weeks prior to the
House of Representatives voting to approve the 13th Amendment. It’s
a very small but important part of his life and his fight to end slavery.
So Sarah, while this was a movie that was in gestation for
quite some time (Spielberg has been trying to get this movie made for years
with Liam Neeson attached at one point to star as Lincoln), we haven’t been
totally jazzed to see it. A lot of that had to do with the fact that we weren’t
enamored with War Horse. We’re
probably in the minority about this, but when we saw the trailer for Lincoln,
it gave us flashbacks to War Horse didn’t it?
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| Do not be fooled by the trailer for Lincoln. Most of the movie takes place in a room like this or in the House of Republicans' chambers. |
