Great film brings history to life

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2002)

Excellent film. would have liked to have seen it in NYC, settled for the West Coast. Brought the reality of anti-Irish and anti-African racism, even amongst the "northerners" home. All performances were great. Daniel Day Lewis' performance supposedly the best of his career. Amazing job, and that accent! He did such a great job with it (for a Brit, just kidding).
Seeing Henry Thomas again, not having seen him since 1982's ET, was fun, because I recognized him instantly. I liked the ending sequence (not spoiling here), because I've walked past grave markers from the 1800's and just passed them by. Now I will look twice.