Politicised Movie for Intra-racial Marriage

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2014)

Lewis is one of the best actors in Hollywood today, having received more Oscars for best actors at three than anyone. His portrayal of Lincoln in the film is satisfying for the most part, but missed one known element of Lincoln's character - his melancholy. On the contrary, Lewis' Lincoln is laughing throughout the whole film in telling his anecdotes, which came across as odd. My biggest complaint with the film is that it was all done as a political message to make intra-racial relationships and marriage acceptable, as shown with Thaddeus Stevens character in bed with a black woman toward the end of the film. That ruined the film for me, because it was contrived and did not have anything to do with Lincoln, the man. The ending falls flat for not showing any scene depicting the assassination of Lincoln, rather the viewer learns about it second hand when the entire movie is shot from a first person perspective with Lincoln. Because of the political undertone promoting intra-racial relationships and marriage, the movie turned out to be little more than propaganda, and that ruined it for me.