12 YEARS A SLAVE

12 YEARS A SLAVE IS A 2013 BRITISH-AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPIC DRAMA FILM DIRECTED BY STEVE McQUEEN AND WRITTEN BY JOHN RIDLEY. THE FILM STARS CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AS SOLOMON NORTHUP, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, LUPITA NYONG'O, PAUL GIAMATTI, PAUL DANO, SARAH PAULSON, BRAD PITT, AND ALFRE WOODARD.

THE FILM IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE 1853 MEMOIR OF THE SAME NAME BY SOLOMON NORTHUP, A NEW YORK STATE-BORN FREE NEGRO WHO WAS KIDNAPPED IN WASHINGTON, D. C. IN 1841 AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY. HE WORKED ON PLANTATIONS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR TWELVE YEARS BEFORE HIS RELEASE.

THE FILM RECEIVED UNIVERSAL ACCLAIMED AND APPEARED ON MANY CRITICS' YEAR-END LISTS FOR BEST PICTURE. THE FILM ALSO RECEIVED 9 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS. SO FAR, THE FILM HAS WON THE GOLDEN GLOBES, CRITICS' CHOICE, AND BAFTA FOR BEST PICTURE.



                                                       PERSONAL REVIEW

DIRECTION                             :   9.0/10

SCREENPLAY                        :   8.0/10

PERFORMANCE                    :   10/10

EDITING                                  :   7.9/10

MUSIC                                      :   9.0/10

CINEMATOGRAPHY           :   9.0/10

GENERAL                               :   8.8/10



OVERALL                                           :   9.0/10 (UNIVERSAL ACCLAIMED)