Best hour of sleep I've had for a long time

Rating: 3/10 (28 January 2013)

I used to pride myself on being someone that would stay until the very end of any movie.
'I know what you did last Summer', stayed till the end. 'Breaking Dawn - Part 2', stayed till the end. Fair enough i popped out for a smoke a couple of times but I was back for the ending so herself wouldn't get too annoyed. 'Django', felt like getting sick a couple of times but stayed till the end.
Anyways, if you're looking for a biography on one of America's most influential, most quoted and possibly most respected President than this movie isn't for you.
It's largely about the 13th amendment to the constitution of the United States. It involves very little 'action' considering the civil war that was being fought at the time and although it does touch on Lincoln's rise from rags and his personal family lose it doesn't go much further than just mentioning it in one or two lines of dialogue.
I had some misconceptions going into the cinema on this one. I thought a movie called 'Lincoln' would be...well, about Lincoln. It's not. It's 150 minutes of debating, back-handers, political threats and frankly talk!
D.D.Lewis does an excellent job with what he has. His story about Washington gave me a chuckle and I found the design, look and feel of the movie was very well done. That being said, it just didn't gel with me.
Go in with the expectation that you are not going to learn anything about President Lincoln and that this movie is a historical political drama and you shouldn't be too disappointed.
I can only offer the above for the first 90 minutes though. Herself had to fill me in on what I missed...