Sir Daniel Day-Lewis' Well Deserved Third Academy Award!

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2015)

Sir Daniel Day Lewis was well awarded for playing sixteenth American President Abraham Lincoln. The film is based on Presidential Scholar Doris Kearns Goodwin's award winning novel, "Team of Rivals." Spielberg does a brilliant job in recreating history which is not always an easy task. Sally Field was a wise choice to play Mary Todd Lincoln. Sure they could have casted a younger actress but I'm glad that Sally got another chance at a third Oscar. The cast is a dream come true with great performances by everybody all around. The film is about recreating history particularly with the Emancipation Proclamation in abolishing slavery and ending a dark time in American history. The film can be slow at times while there is plenty of dialogue too.