Review: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' a towering achievement

Hollywood's most successful director turns on a dime and delivers his most restrained, interior film. A celebrated playwright shines an illuminating light on no more than a sliver of a great man's life. A brilliant actor surpasses even himself and makes us see a celebrated figure in ways we hadn't anticipated. This is the power and the surprise of "Lincoln."

By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

November 8, 2012