Drew me in

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2015)

After Washington this movie in my U.S. history class something about it really stuck with me and I wanted to watch it again. The acting in this movie is superb and carries this movie. In my opinion, Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens transform into their roles and truly become these men. Lincoln does a great job of showing the "behind the scenes" of politics, as Lincoln hires men to go around and persuade senate member against the thirteenth to vote for it, this adds a bit of fun into this politically stuffed movie. That being said this is a political movie, it can be confusing at times and a little dry, but you have to remember this isn't an action movie, you have to go in with the correct mindset. I would recommend this movie for mature audiences as the politics in this movie would lose the interest of a young gun looking for some action.