Forced, pretentious and predictable

Rating: 4/10 (16 February 2014)

The most overrated movie of 2013. The movie shows you the psychological horror of slavery with the protagonist not really taking a part in anything. There is no lesson to be learned here, just showing how horrible things were for African Americans at the time. Feels very forced and tedious, and five minutes in it you will know exactly what's gonna happen. Unimaginative or creative at all. I think the director wanted to say: "Feel pain, cause I said so. I won't take the time to build characters or weave an interesting narrative". The movie says let's paint everything with a big general brush-which is OK for action movies- but not for a historical drama.