Excellent Movie

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2013)

I quite enjoyed watching this film. My family has a history with President Lincoln prior to him becoming president and the historical content of this movie was very important to me, personally. While I would have liked to have seen more civil war footage, it did strike an acceptable balance for what the film was meant to convey - the political struggle with trying to get the 13th Amendment passed. It was very interesting how they portrayed all of the elements of Lincoln's people trying to strong arm, bribe or otherwise influence the members of the congress to pass the amendment. I don't imagine things have changed much in present day politics. While Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Field did an excellent job in portraying their characters, my favourite scenes involved Tommy Lee Jones in his portrayal of Thaddeus Stevens. The way he ripped into the opposition democrats on the house floor with insults was hilarious.