Slow start

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2013)

I doubt very much whether there is anything left to say about Lincoln. The film focuses on the final few months of his life as the civil war comes to it's conclusion. Lincoln is trying to get the 13th amendment approved in congress that will ban the slave trade.
The first hour of the film is fairly slow and the film really kicks into gear when we get to the discussions in congress. Daniel Day-Lewis is obviously very good in the lead role. Having said that it's a very Oscar friendly film and I dare say that anybody playing the part would have been in contention for the Oscar. Tommy Lee Jones is good in supporting role and Spielberg opts for a fairly low key film with very few thrills and spills.