Saw it twice and already have plans to see it again!

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2012)

I went into the theater expecting a remarkable, powerful film, and came out both times with my expectations exceeded. The acting is superb and the cast is top-notch. Daniel Day-Lewis did such a good job portraying Lincoln I constantly had to remind myself I was watching an actor play Lincoln and not Abraham Lincoln himself.
This is definitely not an action film--it is mostly dialogue. But the dialogue throughout the movie was gripping, moving, and frequently quite humorous! Those who know even a little about Abe Lincoln will know that he was fond of telling funny stories, and Spielberg did a fine job of incorporating that right from the beginning. And just about every other thing said by Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) was funny, whether meant to be or not.
The film is two and a half hours long, but is well worth sitting through, even multiple times as I have. After all, it is hard to condense so much history, even for just a short period of America's past, into even this length of a film.
"Lincoln" is an excellent film for both history buffs and those wanting to know more about him and our nation's history alike. If you are proud to be an American, I urge you to go see this at the next showtime after reading this review!