Worthy does not automatically mean worth it.

Rating: 3/10 (1 February 2013)

I won't have any spoilers in this review. Most people who would seek out this film probably know Abraham Lincoln's biography.
I really wanted to like this film but could not. I was expecting a film about Lincoln. I got a very slow moving and preachy account of how the 13th amendment became law.
I genuinely cannot believe that anyone could spend this much money and talent on a drama about Abraham Lincoln, not have any drama, and get away with it. Apparently the only thing that concerned anyone in the 1860's worldwide, was American slavery.
This could and should have been much better.
This is my first review here and I won't be taken seriously, but do not be taken in, when this turgid, dumb as swamp water, single issue film wins awards.
"Lincoln" is to "John Adams" as "The Phantom Menace" is to "The Empire Strikes Back". Don't waste your time even after it undeservedly wins the awards.