All the President's Men

Rating: 8/10 (31 August 2013)

Director Steven Spielberg takes on the much examined life of President Lincoln, except it's Lincoln the politician based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book.
It's not about the pretty speeches or the vast battles. It's about the petty politics, and his schemes as he drives the 13th Amendment to ban slavery.
Daniel Day-Lewis leads a stellar cast, but he still outshines them all. He is inhabiting his role as the president. Sally Field is the First Wife although I thought she was too pretty. The cast is chalk full of masters and masters-to-be. And the story behind scenes is eye opening, and just so modern.