[The Great RJ]

I saw the movie with my wife last night and thought it was excellent. Is it an historically accurate portrayal?...kind of.. but despite any shortcomings the acting was great, the costumes and set design fabulous and the story line watchable. I had to chuckle that during the lengthy debate scene in the House of Representatives the Democrats represented the pro-slavery position while the Republicans were pushing the 13th amendment to end slavery. At least Spielberg got that part of history right.

[Yardstick]

I saw it this past weekend and thought it was excellent too. Spielberg got around the problem of the Republicans being the good guys by making sure to group conservative Republicans -- he had the characters use the word "conservative" in a very deliberate way -- along with the Democrats as part of the problem.