In Theaters: February 15th, 2013
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes (101 minutes)
Genres: Biography, Drama, Historical
Animated
Wikipedia
With
Facts
Of
Lincoln's
Life!
The almost entirely true story of Abraham Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon€ banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.
The film feels like an animated Wikipedia page, just sort of running through the greatest hits of Lincoln's life in office - the Emancipation Proclamation! Gettysburg! The Theater! - without any real insight.
Critic Score: 2/5
Note to filmmakers: Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should do it.
Critic Score: 2/5
Comes off like a View-Master version of a tale already told.
Critic Score: 1/5
Litvak's shoestring production sketches in episodes from Lincoln's entire administration, including a strange "Dixie'' singalong on the White House steps to mark the end of the war.
Critic Score: 2/4
The script, while largely historically accurate, is undermined by stilted dialogue, and the pic is laced with ill-fitting parts that wind up literally all over the matte.
Imagine the stiffness of a Star Wars prequel but without the bravura technique.
©2013 Independent Pictures