Plot
The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.5/10 (198 voted)
Critic's Score: /100
Director: A.J. Edwards
Stars: Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling
Storyline
Indiana, 1817. The entire nation, only 40 years old and a few years removed from a second war of independence, is raw. Men, women, and children alike must battle nature and disease to survive in remote log cabins. This is young Abraham Lincoln's world. Spanning three years of the future president's childhood, The Better Angels explores his family, the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever, and the two women who guided him to immortality.
Cast: Jason Clarke -
Tom Lincoln
Diane Kruger -
Sarah Lincoln
Brit Marling -
Nancy Lincoln
Wes Bentley -
Mr. Crawford
Braydon Denney -
Abe
Cameron Mitchell Williams -
Dennis
McKenzie Blankenship -
Sally
Ryan McFall -
Johnny
Madison Stiltner -
Matilda
Bruce Bayard -
Uncle Samuel
Veanne Cox -
Aunt Elizabeth
Robert Vincent Smith -
Reverend Elkins
Adam Tetters -
Ben
Ida Joy -
Young School Girl
Riley Brutvan -
William
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 7 November 2014
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Trivia:
Directorial debut of Terrence Malick's frequent collaborator, A.J. Edwards. See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 7/10
Not really, especially if you watched this without having a clue who
the young boy is supposed to be. It could be just any story about any
young boy growing up. But it's not. It's young Abe Lincoln, something
you could completely miss, like I did. Which happens because I do watch
movies without reading up on them. So while it was obvious this was
going to be a black and white film, I didn't know what it was about. It
played at the Festival in Berlin, which does not always says a lot
about the quality of the movie itself, but I tried.
And I wasn't disappointed by the story of this boy. A story that is
interesting in itself, but would not allow any conclusions about where
this boy would go. Something people obviously did ask the director too,
who was present at the screening. A very interesting stylised form, of
a story of a man/boy you might not have heard/read yet ...
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