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Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2012)

One of the most celebrated United States Presidents, Abraham Lincoln was able to take the nation through a divided time, you did not have blue and red states but rather Union and Confederate States. The major division was the issue of slavery and carnage of the war between the states it caused. In the movie Lincoln, you are taken into the complexity of doing the right thing versus the most convenient. Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day- Lewis) is a folksy, smart, country lawyer who understands the shrewdness of politics. This movie takes one thread of the time, the passage of the 13th Amendment and chronicles the passage of legislation that would set the country on a different path. A talented cast of actors create a remarkable movie directed by Steven Spielberg and you will not want to miss Lincoln. It reminds you that in politics, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Based on the book by Doris Kerns Goodwin Team of Rivals.