Day-Lewis is Lincoln.

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2015)

Lincoln (2012): Dir: Steven Spielberg / Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon- Levitt: Steven Spielberg is a director of grand insight. He can present us with entertaining blockbusters as well as compelling films such as this one of America's sixteenth President. Daniel Day- Lewis delivers an amazing performance that gives strong appeal to posturing and even vocal presentations in terms of Lincoln's preference for storytelling to obtain a point. Lincoln's ambition was not just to end the Civil War but to also grant equality to African American citizens and free them from slavery. In order to gain passage for this amendment it needs the right number of votes and this leads to numerous court sessions where ending the war is crossed with race and where one's heart truly is. While Day-Lewis perfectly embodies Abraham Lincoln and his pursuit of peace and freedom, he is backed by strong supporting players. Sally Fields plays Lincoln's wife who fears that her son will die in the war. This brings to question her motives or devotions. David Strathairn plays the Secretary of State working alongside the President but questions actions done without consulting him. Tommy Lee Jones plays a vocal Radical Republican Congressional leader Thaddeus Stevens who bears a secret in his final scene. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham's son. Flawed only by its anti- climatic outcome. We know Lincoln's fate but perhaps a visual presentation would have made for a rousing climax. As is it is a great look at a figure of integrity. Score: 9 / 10