magnetic film about a most outstanding man.

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2012)

The battlefield was authentic, the White House was authentic,and so were the actors in this outstanding production about this long-time-revered president. The actors portrayed their counterparts well: Tommy Lee Jones was at his peak in acting in his role as Thaddeus Stevens, Sally Field was here not a sweet, smiling "Gidget" of nearly fifty years ago, but was a cold and sometimes unbearable First Lady in her portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln. And of course, Daniel Day-Lewis depicted the sixteenth president of the United States; he was a man overburdened with the issue of the emancipation of hated slaves, and you receives a clear idea of how onerous that matter was on Lincoln. It was the emancipation issue which was very much at the core of the story. The movie presented Lincoln not only as a president, but as a man as well. And despite the longness of the film, any viewer would have been strongly captivated. Thus, it was worth the time and money to see it.