Better than the book

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2013)

I am completely surprised by the movie. I got the book from the library, and I simply could not finish it. It was slow, unexciting and dry. I had a free evening and nothing to do, so I got a dollar rental for the movie. And, it is rather enjoyable. Much better than the book! I don't know if I ever knew of another book I could say that about! It still is a totally preposterous concept. Mr. Walker does a very good job of acting like someone totally different that any Abraham Lincoln I ever heard of. Mary Winstead I completely different than any Mary Todd every imagined. The blood and gore is so ever-present to be almost silly. But, it was worth a dollar!