Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2014)

McQueeen has to be one of the best directors out there. He has the ability to shock, devastate and anger his audience. He tackled this terrible subject brilliantly and left the whole audience in silence, something I have never encountered before in a cinema screening. The film has a brilliant cast. Not only is Chiwetel Ejiofor a British man playing an American, he portrays his role consistently well and convincingly. Other great performances from Fassbender, Cumberbatch and Lupita Nyong'O. There are some scenes that are hard to watch, but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, and to be fair what would a film about the evil of slavery be without a little gore? Overall, an excellent film. It was around two hours long, long enough to have a lasting effect on me about how dreadful slavery was, but not ridiculously wrong where you start shuffling impatiently in your seat. I think McQueen needs all the praise in the world for this masterpiece.