JUST got home from seeing "LINCOLN". Trust me. SEE IT. Here is why:

[RBInMaine]

66. First, again, as movies go, this is a DAMN GOOD ONE. Trust me and others and SEE IT. Next, as to

Lincoln's depression, which is true as he would suffer from significant bouts of depression all his life, it does mention that he went through a very difficult period of grief when his young some Willy died, and the film also shows him very quiet and contemplative and in somewhat dark places emotionally at times, such as in a VERY powerful scene when he has an argument with Mary Lincoln. Remember that the film only covers the last four months or so of his presidency and life, so there is only so much time there and in that space of time in his life he may not have had a real bout of depression. It does show him quiet and serious, as well as witty since he liked to tell funny stories. It is a BRILLIANT performance, by Daniel Day Lewis, of a very complicated and multi faceted individual.