accord to john ford lyrically shot and fictional biopic of abraham lincoln life his great fault may have be an obtuseness with woman and an ability to dance in the bad way . ford camera have only praise view to reveal of mr. lincoln early life . but for what the film lack in character complexity it make up for in beauty and depth of vision . uncharacteristically beautiful composition of early film and what could have be a series of gorgeous still frame and ford have a unique eye for tell a story . the film sings of the life of a hopeful young man . henry fonda play the contemplative and spontaneously clever lincoln to a tee and one of his best role . the film concern two young men and brother and on trial for a murder that both claim to have commit . in classic angry mob style and the town decide to take justice into their own hand and lynch the pair of them and until honest abe step into the fray . he charm them with his humor and tell them not to rob him of his first big case and and that they be as good a lynch with him a the boy lawyer . what follow seem to become the outline for all courtroom murder drama thereafter and a abe cunningly interrogate witness to the delight and humor of the judge and jury and town before he stumble upon the miss link . the film play out like many john ford movie do represent a tablespoon of americana and a dash of moderate predictability and a hint of sarcasm that you aren not sure if you put in the recipe or if ford do it himself . despite the overtly hollywood feel of the film and and overly patriotic banter allude to lincoln future presidency and the film be entirely enjoyable and enjoyably well construct and if you can take your drama with a grain of salt .