Amazing film.

Who would have thought that Sally Field might mature into such an authentic portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln?

Or that makeup could do this:

Someone in my workout class pretty much missed the point.  Larry said he didn’t like “all the politics.”  But that is the film’s crux.  And to make the audience realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Lincoln played the game of getting his goal through congress.  He was strong, passionate, unrelenting, spoke softly and carried a very big stick.  Now, about a century-and-a-half later, the president must still play that game.