The Better Angels (film)

The Better Angels is a 2014 American biographical dramahistorical film about United States President Abraham Lincolns formative years. It was written and directed by A. J. Edwards.

The story of Abraham Lincolns childhood, his upbringing in Indiana, and the hardships and tragedies that made him the man he was.The Better Angels received mixed reviews from critics. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying its a beautiful, arty, very Malickinfluenced evocation of Abraham Lincolns childhood. Katie Hasty of HitFix praised the film by saying it is a lushly conceived, exhaustively realized debut feature thatd be pretty formidable stuff coming from a more practised filmmaker and derided in some quarters as a selfimpressed knockoff. Rodrigo Perez in his Indiewire review said the movie focuses on mood, nature, divinity and celestial atmosphere rather than story. ........

Source: Wikipedia