The Ultimate Sin

Rating: 1/10 (18 November 2012)

As someone once said, the ultimate sin is to be boring. If that's the case, the pope couldn't absolve the people behind this slow-moving film. Have you ever gone to an art museum when the work of a famous painter comes to town? You enter with high expectations and patiently follow the slowly moving line to the showing. The first thing you notice when you finally enter the room is that most of the people seem to be in some state of rapture. You expectantly gaze at the artists work and suddenly realize that you don't get it. The paintings are devoid of meaning. That's how I felt entering the theatre to view this film. Lincoln was obviously one of the most significant leaders the US has ever had. How can a film about such a complex and divisive leader in his time be so blah? I pity the untold millions of k-12 kids that will be forced to sit through this coma-inducing hagiography once it comes out on DVD.