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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 09 Nov 2012

Whatever moment of inspiration caused Spielberg to cast her (Sally Field) as Mary Todd Lincoln, it was sheer genius, because this is a role…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 09 Nov 2012

Lincoln is directed by Steven Spielberg but, to his great credit, few will mistake this for a Steven Spielberg film…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 09 Nov 2012

Whenever Jones is on screen, the film's energy level kicks up several notches, an indication, I think, that Spielberg otherwise overdoses on…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 09 Nov 2012

The attention to detail is beyond belief, all of which speaks to Spielberg's huge commitment to bringing this incredible moment in our nation's…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for CinemaBlend (829) on 09 Nov 2012

Plays like a two-hour speech, a solemn slog to a foregone conclusion, a dreary march to the inevitable…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for Time Out Chicago (129) on 09 Nov 2012

Like Kushner's Angels in America, Lincoln is less a literal history than a work that uses a historical moment to meditate on grand themes…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 09 Nov 2012

Spielberg orchestrates the divided Congress in a manner befitting the greatest social stigma in America's history…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 09 Nov 2012

Lincoln is a film about the arts of suasion-one that encompasses oratory and extortion, conciliation and conspiracy, arms twisted and cheeks…

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By Kofi Outlaw (158) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 09 Nov 2012

Lincoln is easily recommendable to those looking for an intriguing and wittily-humorous look at a very pivotal (and still very relevant) point…

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By Sandie Angulo Chen (751) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 09 Nov 2012

Outstanding drama about revered leader's political genius…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 09 Nov 2012

For a man so funny, so vital, so literally larger than life, Lincoln remains a Daguerreotype - careful, quiet and dully framed…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 Nov 2012

A handsomely mounted civics lesson wrapped around a mesmerizing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis…

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By Erick Weber (123) for NECN (109) on 09 Nov 2012

Day-Lewis doesn't play Abraham Lincoln, he is Abraham Lincoln in a performance that will have you seriously questioning if what you're watching…

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By Justin Craig (142) for FoxNews.com (142) on 09 Nov 2012

Though Lincoln feels more like a play than a film, and will appeal mostly to history and political buffs, it is one of Steven Spielberg's best…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 09 Nov 2012

Often fascinating and beautiful to look at, Steven Spielberg's latest forms an imperfect union of history and storytelling…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 09 Nov 2012

An average movie blessed with an amazing performance…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 09 Nov 2012

Everywhere you turn in Lincoln, there is a formidable actor acting…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 08 Nov 2012

It blends cinematic Americana with something grubbier and more interesting than Americana, and it does not look, act or behave like the usual…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 08 Nov 2012

The experience of watching Daniel Day-Lewis in this role is nothing less than thrilling. This is Lincoln. No need for a time machine, there he is…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Nov 2012

Instead of a grand tableau vivant that lays out the great man and his great deeds like so many too-perfect pieces of waxed fruit, Spielberg…

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