Lincoln

“Lincoln” stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role in a film directed by Steven Spielberg based on the book by noted presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin.with a screenplay by Paul Webb and Tony Kushner. This outstanding group of professionals helps produce a truly interesting movie based on a four month period in the late president’s life. For me,  as a young boy, Raymond Massey was the unparalled Lincoln portrayer but Day-Lewis does a great job in dispelling that image and creating one which is entirely his own. Playing Lincoln as a sensitive, brooding, caring and moral individual gives this 2012 version of Mr. Lincoln a vulnerability and humanity that few if any other films about him have accomplished. Extraordinarily played by Mr. Day-Lewis with fine supporting performances by Sally Field as Lincoln’s wife, Mary, and David. Straitharn, as William Seward, this is a film well worth seeing for not only its story telling value but its political and historical importance as well. With superb photography and  high production values, I give the film 3 and ½  stars. Yes, it is a long film, i.e. 2 hours and 20 minutes, but the viewer is never really conscious nor bothered by its length.and, more importantly, the viewer is given a history lesson that will long be remembered..