Mick on Abe

As you know, Mick LaSalle is just about my favorite film critic.  Check out his review of “Lincoln”  from today’s S.F. Chronicle.  Here is a terrific paragraph from the review:

Let's just say it: The experience of watching Daniel Day-Lewis in this role is nothing less than thrilling. This is Lincoln. No need for a time machine, there he is. There are entire stretches in "Lincoln," especially in the Cabinet scenes, as you hear the complexity of his legal and strategic thinking, that you might very well forget you're seeing acting - even forget you're in a movie theater - and instead believe that you're sitting in a room with the 16th president. To be on the receiving end of that is more than entertainment. It feels like a gift.

I don’t know about you, but I am really looking forward to seeing this flick.

~ Tom