Good Movie but not great movie as it is portrayed to be

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2014)

I will not be marking spoilers in between so read at your own risk. 12 years a slave was good movie. The struggles of Solomon Northup played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Patsey played by Lupita Nyong'o made feel gutted for them. Especially Patsey when Solomon leaves the plantation towards the end of the movie. But it did not deserve the awards that it got. Lupita Nyong'o deserved her Oscar but not the movie. Felt like people were pressured to give it an Oscar just because of being afraid they might be classified as racists otherwise. Anyway more about the movie, great acting from the whole cast. Fassbender, Paulson and even Bennedict Cumberbatch in his cameo brilliantly portrayed the helplessness of his character.