tadpole-596-918256 Review of Killing Lincoln

Killing Lincoln (2013 TV Movie)

Adds little to the wealth of Lincoln films already out there . . .

[6/10 · 20 February 2013]

. . . such as Daniel Day-Lewis' LINCOLN in 2012 or Raymond Massey's ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS from 1940. Further, though Mary Surrat was the most interesting person hung, apparently Robert Redford's THE CONSPIRATOR movie about her case from 2010 scared KILLING LINCOLN's crew away, as Mary is NOT EVEN MENTIONED until 1:26:09 of this 1:28:10 long TV movie! So I guess after seeing all the other Lincoln flicks, Abe was feeling like an old buddy and I was sort of wondering what he would think about all 31 minutes and 50 seconds of ads (especially those repeated a dozen or more times, such as the network promos for WICKED TUNA and INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE). As he was pretty old and disabled by his assassination, all of the ads for health remedies (RA.com arthritis treatment, Celebrex arthritis medicine, Kellogg's Frosted Miniwheat Crunch--which is presented as a health food, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, etc.). Google's cute ad about the mom who does a quick search for her young daughter's last-minute disclosure that she has a "Dress like a Presiden's Day" Millard Fillmore assignment surely would have provoked a belly laugh from Abe, given that he knew Fillmore. Sponsor Viking Cruises would have been right up his alley, as he and Mary were planning to see the world as soon as his term ended. At the rate Mary was spending his dough, Abe definitely would have paid attention to the Raymond James financial adviser ads, what with the solid gold apple tree and all. I'm not sure he would have done his booking through Captain Kirk & Expedia, but the JACK THE GIANT SLAYER promo may have been enough to lure him away from that fatal trip to Ford's theater! The night's saving grace, if Abe were watching, is that he would NOT have seen how Ford Motor Co. is ripping off his heirs by using his name and likeness on its imitation Cadillac cars.