Lincoln

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Bonus features: The journey to Lincoln.
Based on the book "Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Sally Field, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Jared Harris, David Strathairn.
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
DVD, widescreen (2.40:1 ; 16x9) presentation; 5.1 Dolby, 2.0 Dolby, described video.
Contents: Team of rivals.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Inspirational submitted by tree64 on June 15, 2013, 2:36pm This movie, although not containing much action, it is very inspirational. Fans of action and violence may not find this movie to be very interesting, but those who admire Lincoln or history in general will love this film. Even though I must admit that I thought there would be much more action, the movie was a great portrayal of what Lincoln went through as president. Despite a couple of inaccuracies (Connecticut voted IN FAVOR of the 13th Amendment), the movie was very well directed and filmed. I would definitely recommend this movie!

Wonderful submitted by crazypockets on June 21, 2013, 2:13pm What can I say about this movie that hasn’t been said already? The acting was unbelievable (in a completely believable way–Tommy Lee Jones…WOW), the sets, costumes, and cinematography were spot-on, and the storyline was fascinating. I had no idea the passage of the 13th Amendment was so close. The back and forth about whether it should be done to end the war or to be done for the sake of itself was really intriguing. It was hard not to get emotional thinking about someone like Lincoln who was such a great man. He wasn’t perfect, he did terrible things, but he also did great things. My mind boggles at the idea of being someone like that, someone like Lincoln, with such strong convictions, willpower, charisma, and intelligence to get such monumental things done, and I think I finally understand why we have a Zeus monument to the man in our capital. It left me with a sense of wanting to do great things with my life too; even a tiny fraction of what those people do and have done would be an amazing thing. This movie also, of course, left me wanting to read ”A Team of Rivals” even more than I already did. It’s been bumped up my reading list.

Educational and Suitable for 11 or 12 and up submitted by j9hutch on July 5, 2013, 7:49pm My daughter is very interested in presidents and very much wanted to see this movie. I was hesitant since it was PG-13, but did some research on Commonsense Media and decided to let her watch it. I'm glad I did. There was some gore on the battlefield and some language, but overall I think the educational value made it worth it. She enjoyed it, although I think we could both stand to watch it again, as some of it is hard to understand. Daniel Day Lewis was an AMAZING Abraham Lincoln, extremely believable!

lincoln submitted by a2sue on August 8, 2013, 11:14am this film was so hyped when it came out that i decided to watch it. big mistake!! this was such a lousy movie -- it was way too long and oh so boring!

Lincoln submitted by SBNB on June 18, 2014, 11:48am Great! And very interesting.

History Lessons submitted by markwells on July 1, 2016, 5:52pm I wanted to like this movie...I really did. Unless you are a real history buff you may find this a little boring. There I said it.
Grade: C.

History Comes Alive submitted by Meginator on July 5, 2017, 7:03am This film does an excellent job of probing the turmoil that surrounded the creation of the Emancipation Proclamation. It may not be heavy on the action in a traditional sense of the word, but the script gradually reveals Lincoln's internal and external conflicts in a gripping way. All of the acting is superb and the film is very well crafted. This is a film to make you think, and I believe it fulfills the goals its creators had when conceiving and making it.

Great submitted by yenkong on August 12, 2017, 7:50pm Great movie for the Great Lincoln.

Great submitted by leenajong on August 12, 2017, 8:10pm Great movie and production. Kudos

Great movie (mostly) submitted by KOH on August 13, 2017, 10:07am Daniel Day-Lewis is phenomenal as usual. I wished this was amazing, and it was great, but it just felt about 20-ish minutes too long. But still, power through it to the end. It's great overall.

lincoln submitted by avrogers1 on August 18, 2017, 5:43pm this movie was well done, but it was soo slow and it took forever to get through it. I didn't care for it much

Well done. submitted by lisa on August 14, 2018, 2:14pm Good thing that guy hadn't retired yet.

Lincoln submitted by moola on July 1, 2019, 5:04pm One of my favorite Presidents.

Lincoln submitted by lstorc on July 3, 2019, 7:19pm This is a remarkable biographical work that transcends decades and demonstrates the difficulty Lincoln (and other presidents) have had to face in order to best serve the public.

Lincoln submitted by crp on August 10, 2019, 3:36pm Daniel Day Lewis does a great job as Lincoln.

Daniel Day Lewis submitted by SadieRose on August 22, 2019, 3:34pm Daniel Day Lewis is a phenomenal actor. He is one of my favorites. He was so believable as Lincoln. Fascinating movie.

Lincoln submitted by Clown81 on August 31, 2019, 5:04pm Phenomenal.

I hope Lincoln was this empathetic submitted by ccrose on August 31, 2019, 7:42pm The scene in which a poor woman has sought Lincoln's help. Swindlers are about to take every penny as if she was indebted to rhem..
She’s going to jail. Lincoln pauses. He advises her to utilize that open window while he steps out. Lordy. We’re a long way from anything like that.