Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2012)

There's not much more I can add that hasn't already been said, but alas, I was so blown-away I had to try...
Daniel Day-Lewis is an underrated talent most likely due to his lack of a prolific career. Here, Day-Lewis teams up with one of Hollywood's most prolific men, Steven Spielberg, who is coming off a stellar 2011, where he produced both "Super 8" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" and directed both "The Adventures of Tintin" and "War Horse," two highly acclaimed pictures.
Spielberg calls the shots in one of the most exhilarating biopics in recent memory. Lincoln is a stunning humanization and coloring-book job of American politics, shedding a light on the skepticism and grayness of the government during that time.
Daniel Day-Lewis is mesmerizing here, never overplaying or shortchanging Lincoln in one of his most memorable roles yet. He seems much more cinematic than his previous works, and seems to be smitten with Lincoln's character and persona as he embodies him for one-hundred and fifty minutes.
One requirement upon seeing Lincoln is you must commit to two and a half hours of dialog and monologues from several characters about several different topics. One challenge faced by the filmmakers that is inherently difficult to overcome is the wealth of information, history, and knowledge of the period, and we see the struggle they face at attempting to sum it all up into a structured, disciplined film.