Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Audience relates to the character, suffer with him, in a story that was reality for so many. Acting is amazing. Cinematography is perfect. Just one of the best films I've ever seen.

Depressing and painful to watch throughout, almost gratuitous at times, but also very powerful. Direction is good, filming great. Script mostly sound. Acting mostly great, and also Brad Pitt (luckily only a cameo). Prepare yourself for an emotional ride before sticking this one on.

I believe this movie was done exceptionally well. This movie directed by Steve McQueen was almost perfect at depicting the true story of Solomon Northup acted by Chiwetel Ejiofor. It included vivid and real events such as when Solomon a free man of Upstate New York was recruited by two men who claimed to be circus performers and convinced Northup to travel with them to Washington D.C. where they would earn lots of money. Upon arriving to Washington D.C. the men treat Northup to drinks and dinner where he is drugged, and wakes from his unconscious state to find himself in shackles and chains in a cell. He was delivered by ship to New Orleans. In June he is sold in a slave market where he is known by alias name, Platt Hamilton. He is first sold to a man named Ford. Northup ends up running into trouble with a man named Tibeats who works on Ford's land who envies how strategic and smart Northup. Tibeats ends up getting Northup hung where the look out for the land spots Tibeats and tells him to scram before he shoots him and his friends. Ford ends up finding Northup and cuts him down. The next day he tells Northup that he has created a reputation for himself and was returned to the slave market. He then is sold to a man named Mr. Epps where he serves the rest of his years working on the plantation. This is where my favorite part occurs in which a Canadian man named Mr. Bass tells the Epps that Mr. Solomon is a free man by law and helps him to prove that he is free and returns him back to his family in Saratoga. This movie included great actors to portray as characters from the book 12 Years a Slave.

I really enjoyed this movie. It was raw, real, and very moving. The actors were very emotional which made it easy to get into.