...the picture, which runs a palpably overlong 150 minutes, has been saddled with a dry, procedural-like structure that becomes less and less interesting (or compelling) as time progresses...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 26, 2025

Spielberg's epic plays like The West Wing in stovepipe hats, and although it may be a little stolid for some, the film brings to life a moment of 19th-century political brinkmanship in captivating style.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 12, 2024

Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in Steven Spielberg's solid historical drama. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 9, 2024

Lincoln is immersive and respectable, and one of Spielberg’s most disciplined undertakings as a filmmaker.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 21, 2022

While this isn’t a movie dependent on flashy visuals, Spielberg still gives a lot of attention to details. He also goes to great lengths to make this the most vivid portrayal of the 16th president ever to be put on film.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 23, 2022

As a whole, "Lincoln" is a monumental effort that can be valued on an assortment of levels.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 11, 2022

Lincoln is a triumph.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 8, 2022

... Spielberg and company are more interested in the work behind the scenes, and they present it with flair and wit absent from the theatrics of political showmanship. This is the story of how leaders and their teams get things done.

| Jul 9, 2022

A history lesson at its core, but it's cleverly buried beneath one magnificent performance and several strong supporters.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 2, 2020

A good film blessed with an extraordinary and surefire Oscar caliber performance from Daniel Day-Lewis.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 14, 2020

'Lincoln' is not only an avid biopic, it is a pleasant historical lesson that captures the thinking of an era where social ideas were diffused by a political party duality. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 25, 2020

In a truly epic first act, the equal of anything in the David Lean canon, Steven Spielberg and his screenwriting collaborator, playwright Tony Kushner, frame the awful dilemma Lincoln faced in what would prove to be the last four months of his life.

| Jun 19, 2020

Spielberg has put together a film that is reverent but not fawning; familiar but not clichéd; measured but not ponderous.

| Feb 13, 2020

There is a reason the eternal flame of Lincoln burns so brightly to this day. Thanks to Steven Spielberg, you can see the legacy, meet the man and "feel" the fabric of history...

| Nov 27, 2019

Lincoln returns dignity to politics.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2019

The recurrent themes that crop up again and again in the film are those of sagacity, maturity and the necessary compromises that come as part of ageing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2019

A haunting performance that is one of Lewis' finest in a career filled with towering achievements, proving yet again that he is arguably our greatest living actor.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 8, 2019

Lincoln's flaws don't keep it from succeeding on several levels: as a showcase for Daniel Day-Lewis; and as an uncomfortable and pointed reminder about the hideous racism that's an unavoidable piece of America's makeup.

| Feb 26, 2019

Lincoln works as well as it does because the Abraham Lincoln biopic chooses to focus on the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 18, 2019

A surprisingly low-key character piece -- which is all the better for it's subtlety.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2019