James McAvoy is one of my favorite young actors. He elevates bad movies to okay movies just because of his acting skills. Denzel Washington is another actor that has this same type of skills and power. The Conspirator is a historical drama about the trial of the co-conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Specifically this deals with Mary Surratt played by Robin Wright who owned a boarding house where the assassination was planned. James McAvoy reluctantly defends her although the evil government has the deck stacked against her.
Although well done and interesting, it is very slow moving. If you don't find this topic interesting then you will bored and hate this movie. If history interests you I think you will find that this movie does a good job of portraying the events fairly accurately.
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