Lincoln Movie - History Review

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2015)

Its overall plot is entirely factual. Confederate peace commissioners trying to work out an end to the war, the House of Representatives debating the 13th Amendment, and both events involving some shady political maneuvering, making it an intense time in Washington. The movie is about Lincoln and the politicians on both sides of the aisle who were involved in the process of passing the 13th Amendment and ending the war -- not about the actions of other involved parties. Therefore the complaints of the movie not including Lincoln's childhood or past are invalid, the movie is not meant to include that. These stories are not this movie's to tell. My only con with this movie is that the free African Americans were involved in efforts to get the 13th Amendment passed, and the movie could have shown this a more. So, is Lincoln 100% accurate about every single detail? No. But it does accurately portray the current events on where the movie focus's and it offers an accurate overall view of the individuals involved.