Is this how it happened?

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2018)

It is difficult to reconcile some of the director's choices with any knowledge of history. Would Lincoln really slap his son? Would Lincoln have threatened his wife with being locked away in an asylum? During the discussion of the 13th amendment, high minded ideas are abandoned in favor of political wrangling. For such an important moment in our history I feel it is important to provide greater context, understanding that the director was looking to tell a different story. It is also difficult to hear the president use curse words or to hear others use curse words in his presence. It may have happened, who knows? I am happy to give artists great leeway in their interpretation, however, in this particular instance I was not swept along for the ride.