LINCOLN

I am not a history buff nor a political fan.  This movie focuses on the brief period where Abraham Lincoln works politically to pass the 13th amendment.to abolish slavery while dealing with the carnage of the civil war.  His own son wants to fight but of course Abraham doesn't want to see his son in danger after already losing another son to disease.

The year of 2012 in Wisconsin was very politically-charged with protests, walk-outs and recalls.  In Lincoln's 1865 the nation was also very politically-charged with people trying to influence and pay-off each other to get their way.  So, basically politics hasn't changed in 147 years, politics hasn't changed.

The movie had an assortment of celebrities acting in the movie.  Tommy Lee Jones redeemed his lackluster performance from Hope Springs to take over the movie as the Thaddeus Stephens.  Sally Field was bigger than her role as Mary Todd Lincoln.

Overall, I give this a sideways thumb in a hope that politics will some day learn to work together as evenly as a sideways thumb.