Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (15 April 2013)

I so looked forward to seeing this film, as I am a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln and all that he achieved against staggering odds.
First of all, let me say that Daniel Day-Lewis is wonderful as Lincoln. His performance is really the glue that holds the movie together. Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones were also outstanding in their roles.
My disappointment is with the script. This was an amazing story waiting to be told, but the screenplay does a very poor job of telling it. There is so little character development that important characters -- and even some leads -- are often not identified at all, and even if they are, you are told little about their role in things.
Parts of the film become really boring with excessive banter that seems to have little relevance. This film could have been so much more than it is with some good, old-fashioned story telling.