A mystery screening of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln at the New York Film Festival sent attendees into a Twitter frenzy this week, giving us early reviews of the Abraham Lincoln biopic.
Some tweets, unsurprisingly, peg the flick and its cast as Oscar contenders, while other reviews aren't as favorable. And what would Twitter commentary be without a few jokes?
The most recent trailer, "Unite," gives us a better picture of Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln. We also get glimpses at Sally Field as Lincoln’s wife, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as their son and Tommy Lee Jones as a Republican leader and supporter of Lincoln's plans to to abolish slavery and end the Civil War.
After reading these first reviews of Lincoln, check out the trailers and let us know in the comments if you plan to watch this movie when it lands stateside Nov. 16.
Spielberg's Lincoln at #NYFF was rock solid monument to Abe, a bounce back from War Horse. Predix: Oscar noms galore. Tommy Lee Jones FTW— Logan Hill (@loganhill33) October 9, 2012
Kinda laughed that DDL was sitting in the booth during the screening. #Lincoln #NYFF— Jio de Leon (@jiodeleon) October 9, 2012
Lincoln (C) Not as bad as the trailers suggested but not interesting enough to watch again. A fine history lesson but not much more. #NYFF— Cory Everett (@modage) October 9, 2012
#NYFF What I took away from #Lincoln ow.ly/ekN10 Great acting but ultimately an entertaining history lesson— Murtada Elfadl (@ME_Says) October 9, 2012
See #Lincoln if you must, if only for hilarious overacting by just about every working actor in Hollywood #NYFF— John Miller (@johnmillervideo) October 9, 2012
Saw Spielberg's #Lincoln premiere at last night's #NYFF mystery screening - #Oscar nom coming for Daniel #Day-Lewis! colesmithey.com/home/— Cole Smithey (@colesmithey) October 9, 2012
It seemed to me more about politics than Lincoln himself. Still, very well-crafted. And Tommy Lee Jones is fantastic. #lincoln #nyff (2/2)— Billy Soistmann (@soysauce357) October 9, 2012
Best part of LINCOLN? Abe's comedic double-take at a cherry tree outside the White House and then his shrug to the camera. #Lincoln #NYFF— Tom Silvestro (@tomsilvestro) October 9, 2012
#Lincoln gets a great response at #NYFF. Although a few negative ones make it seem like Amistad. But in my book, that's a very good thing!— Nikhil Arora (@nikhil_arora) October 9, 2012
Hey so if you're an actor and you weren't in #Lincoln you should call your agent right now, because everybody is in that movie. #NYFF— Blair McClendon (@GoodbootsFilm) October 9, 2012
LINCOLN is Spielberg's smallest film since ALWAYS. best when portraying a man isolated by incalculable burden. script divided against itself— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) October 9, 2012
Obvs Oscar hopes for Lincoln, but I admired it more than I loved its savvy, traditional, smart,well-acted bio. Big film, for better/worse— Logan Hill (@loganhill33) October 9, 2012
#Lincoln Tommy Lee Jones has the flashy emotional part with big scenes. He will an awards magnet this year #NYFF— Murtada Elfadl (@ME_Says) October 9, 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis much more understated and playful than the scenery-chewing trailer suggests. #nyff #lincoln— Steven Zeitchik (@ZeitchikLAT) October 9, 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis is absolutely at top of his gameno one dare to challenge him for his third Oscar. not even Joaquin Phoenix#NYFF #Lincoln— hadi firouzian (@hadifirouzian) October 9, 2012
Another thing about #Lincoln. Tommy Lee Jones is at his best. It's a shame it wasn't for a more balanced movie. Give him an oscar! #NYFF— Bram Benderoff (@Bramsky600) October 9, 2012
#Lincoln review from its surprise showing at the New York Film Festival!Damn near masterpiece! #NYFF fb.me/24qULYSFs— Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) October 9, 2012