Lincoln (2012)

Lincoln rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 284K votes

Rotten Tomatoes89%

Metacritic87%

TMDb6.847/10· 4K votes

With 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 87/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Lincoln

The revealing story of the 16th US 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.

Cast of Lincoln

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  Daniel Day-Lewis

  as Abraham Lincoln

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  Sally Field

  as Mary Todd Lincoln

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  David Strathairn

  as William Seward

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  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  as Robert Lincoln

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  James Spader

  as W.N. Bilbo

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  Hal Holbrook

  as Preston Blair

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  Tommy Lee Jones

  as Thaddeus Stevens

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  John Hawkes

  as Robert Latham

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  Jackie Earle Haley

  as Alexander Stephens

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  Bruce McGill

  as Edwin Stanton

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  Tim Blake Nelson

  as Richard Schell

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  Joseph Cross

  as John Hay

Lincoln facts

Budget

$65M

Box office

$275.3M

Our take on Lincoln

Steven Spielberg's 2012 historical drama narrows in on the sixteenth US President's turbulent final months, as a nation divided by war and change hangs in the balance. Rather than a sweeping biography, it's a chamber piece about political maneuvering: Lincoln pursues a course meant to end the war, hold the country together and abolish slavery, and the film finds its tension in backroom persuasion and the moral cost of getting difficult things done. It rewards patient viewers who relish dense, dialogue-driven storytelling and the machinery of principle meeting compromise. If you want thoughtful, talky history over spectacle, Lincoln is absorbing; those seeking action or brisk pacing may find it demanding.