The whole shazam, just needed a bit of work.

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2013)

Lincoln is the story of President Abraham Lincoln's continuing struggle to get votes to pass the 13th amendment. Which, upon being passed, will abolish slavery.
I think the title was very-aptly conceived. Lincoln. It seems like it may be a biopic, or the life's story of him, and yet, it's only merely about one month in the man's life. However, that one month is so influential and plays such a huge part in history, they can make a 150 minute film on it, and maintain my interest throughout. Job well done.
Steven Spielberg directs and Daniel-Day Lewis stars. An intriguing combination. Normally I disapprove of Spielberg, especially his latest works, but I have to say, I really did enjoy this film. It had a lot of great scenes, great dialog. Fantastic direction and above all, amazing acting from everyone, even the minor characters. It seemed like a lot of work was put into the film, and it really paid off.
Not once throughout the 2 hour and 30 minute movie did I feel it dragging, felt it necessary to check what time it was. It was just a well-rounded film with great acting, directing the whole shazam. I can understand people complaining of boredom or emptiness though, because as I already stated. It picks up with a month of his life, it doesn't really give you much back story or any other dimensions to the character. But to me, it was just fine. Steadily paced. And a great watch. Not the best film ever, but certainly far from the worst.
A great 8. Out of 10.