DDL is a master craftsman and his craft is acting

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2012)

Just like any master woodworker who makes amazing sculptures out of wood or an ice sculpter out of ice and it being flawless, Daniel Day-Lewis does the same thing with his craft being acting. He doesn't just make you see DDL doing a good impersonation of Abraham Lincoln, he literally becomes the 16th President of the United States. You don't see any of the personality traits that DDL had in any of previous great performances such as Gangs of New York and There Will Be Blood. The same man who awed you with his portrayal of Daniel Plainview will do the same thing here as Honest Abe.
The supporting cast also has an A List cast of actors with such notables as Sally Field, David Strathairn, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earl Haley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and even Walton Goggins from Justified and The Shield fame.