Lincoln
Dir: Steven Spielberg
2012
***
Being English and therefore having a British education, I know very little about Lincoln other than he freed the slaves, wore a top hat and got shot in a theatre. So I was happy for the education this film bought. However, after reading up about Lincoln (I always read up about the film I've just watched) I found there to be loads of mistakes throughout. Sometimes these mistakes don't matter but when they are on purpose in order to make the story more entertaining, I don't respect them. Fact or fiction though, it was still an education and the performances, particularly Daniel Day-Lewis's, were brilliant. I enjoyed it and actually to be fair, it was fairly light on the schmaltz.