The political genius of Abraham Lincoln, the book is marvelous

Rating: 3/10 (19 April 2013)

Unfortunately this movie is far from the book in which it was based. The proper name for the movie should have been "The Passing of the 13th Amendment" a great piece of history, however to name it Lincoln is a stretch because if you have read the book you will be very disappointed. Ms. Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote a grand piece of literature on the bravest and most intelligent President this country may have ever had or at least in the top 3. My greatest wish would have been for it to have been more like the book but alas it was not. The best part of the book was left out, his Team of Rivals (The Cabinet). These characters were so alive you felt like you were there. Lincolns political savvy was unsurpassed by any previous President and it certainly showed during the Republican Convention in Chicago in May of 1860 and in his handling the men in his cabinet. If you haven't read the book, you must, it is so much better than this movie.