`` Lincoln '' brilliantly dramatizes the delicacy of politics , along with the raw brutality of it . Day - Lewis ' ' has a beautiful quality , yet there 's nothing too severe about it . He gives Lincoln a surprisingly plainspoken , reedy high note that retains the courtly cadences of the South . ` ` Lincoln '' brilliantly captures the power of slavery , along with the raw ##ness of it .
Day - Lewis ' ' has a beautiful quality , yet there 's nothing too severe about it . He gives Lincoln a surprisingly plainspoken , reedy high note that retains the courtly cadences of the South . ` ` Lincoln '' brilliantly captures the power of slavery , along with the raw ##ness of it .