Lincoln
- 2012
- US
- 2h 30min
- 12A
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
- UK release: 25 January 2013
Spielberg's epic focuses on the final four months of the titular President's life and the political fight to secure the constitutional abolition of slavery. The film largely eschews the sentimentality that is considered a Spielberg trademark, resulting in a film as absorbing and unassuming as the central character.
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Lincoln
18 Jan 2013
Absorbing and unassuming film eschews trademark Spielberg sentimentality
Lincoln has been a lengthy labour of love for Steven Spielberg. Screenwriters and a lead actor have come and gone over more than a decade spent striving to tunnel out a cohesive drama from within the life of such a monumental and seemingly familiar…
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