Lincoln(2012)- User Reviews

Was looking forward to watching this movie, but after about ten minutes and only two minutes of Sally Field, enough was enough. The acting, other than DDL, was atrocious. Sally Field, Tommie Lee Jones and every other over-used ancient Hollywood hack was …more»

Spielberg, his actors and the production and historian team---for the actual sounds, etc., have outdone themselves!! This was zeroed in on a most important piece of legislation during our bloodiest war, our Emancipation Proclamation---well overdue.  …more»

The acting was great, but unless you're a lawyer by trade, the storyline was so boring! Lincoln did so much more in his life that would have been worth portraying. The whole movie was about passing the Emancipation Proclamation...where's the …more»

We as a nation started slavery. How you would come to own another human being, to me, is beyond understanding. Steven Spielberg has painted a truthful depiction of a country drunk on greed and almost to the point of disrepair to the evils of slavery. …more»

I could not help but wonder how many "artistic liberties" were taken in scene after scene of "Lincoln." The homey anecdotes and not-very-clever attempts at humor supposedly uttered by our 16th President did not have a ring of truth …more»

I was very disappointed in watching this movie. I thought the portrayal of all of the characters was extremely poor. After watching it for a mere 30 minutes I left as I found it to be extremely boring. I have been a history buff for well over 1/2 century …more»

I loved the movie! I want to see it again to understand all the lawyer expressions of speech. It is one movie I will buy for my own collection. Lincoln the man was brilliant and a genius. It was like a visit in the room with Lincoln to get to know his …more»

For those of you who did not read "team of rivals" or have no knowledge of Lincolns history or who his cabinet members were, you would have been better off not seeing this movie. You need to have some kind of a brain to understand this. There …more»

The movie was not about the last months of Lincoln's life but about the political machinations required to acquire and retain the votes neccessary in the House of Representatives to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. While Daniel Day Lewis …more»

Other than learning about the underhanded way Lincoln went about getting the amendment passed, this movie was mostly like sitting down with uncle Abe for bedtime stories. One darn story after another. Yes, enough to put you to sleep. The only Spielberg …more»