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- This movie is extremely dreamlike and poetic, however, its effectiveness as a full length film seems unnecessary. This film is a unique artistic look at Abraham's childhood and his relationships with important women in his life, but its obvious low-budget nature and minimalistic dialogue calls for a disappointment to all Lincoln fans.
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Nov 7, 2014 · To tell you the truth, “The Better Angels,” as pictorially beautiful and emotionally evocative as it is, is so bereft of conventional narrative momentum that you have to consider it a miracle it got made.
Nov 7, 2014 · The Better Angels: Directed by A.J. Edwards. With Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- A.J. Edwards
- 2014-11-07
Nov 7, 2014 · Film Review: ‘The Better Angels’. Though slavishly faithful to producer Terrence Malick's aesthetic, this hypnotic look at Abraham Lincoln’s early years breaks with other portraits of the...
Nov 7, 2014 · The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever and the two women who guided him to immortality.
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- A.J. Edwards
- PG
The Better Angels makes for a sublime, transfixing, and informative look at the early life of Abraham Lincoln. Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jun 21, 2016
As an impression of a Terrence Malick film, The Better Angels is technically faultless, unimprovable. All that’s missing is the soul.