In Lincoln, the famed president and his supporters struggle through difficult decision-making during the latter part of the American Civil War.
President Lincoln has a very high approval rating, and wants to leverage it. He hopes that the American people will approve a thirteenth constitutional amendment freeing the slaves. Even with such a high approval rating, the road to persuasion is long and treacherous.
The movie can drag, and lay on the sentiment thick. But more often than not it feels raw and real.