Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Straithairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones |
| Director |
Steven Splielberg |
| Screenplay | Tony Kushner, from the book y Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| Music | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Janusz Kaminski |
| Editing | Michael Khan |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Imagine Entertainment, Office Seekers Productions, Parkes/MacDonald Productions |
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| Genre | Biography, drama |
| Language | Mild to moderate |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Infrequent, some blood, mild to moderate in context of storyline |
| Prejudice | Contextualized, historical, mild |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Alcohol and tobacco |
| Comments | Bio drama about the liberation of slaves in the American civil war mid 1800s and fight for equality by President Lincoln. |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language |
| Runtime | 150 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Riëtte Grobler | 15 |  |
| Box Office Pete Hammond  Lincoln is a very polished production with a welcome lack of flash. In this era of outlandish campaigning, it's nice to cut through the hype and get real substance and insight into a politician. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 44 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 221 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Daniel Day-Lewis characteristically delivers in this witty, dignified portrait that immerses the audience in its world and entertains even as it informs. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 44172 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 76% | 15 | |