12 Years a Slave
The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup
Set in the 1850's in America, and based on a true story, this film has won high praise in spite of having some scenes that are ''difficult to watch''. A free black man agrees to join a travelling show, but is instead abducted, stripped of his identity, and sold into slavery. The next twelve years are extremely harrowing for him and his fellow slaves, as he seeks a way to regain his freedom without getting killed in the process.
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Credits Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor , Michael Fassbender , Brad Pitt , Benedict Cumberbatch , Paul Giamatti , Sarah Paulson
Director
Steve McQueen
Screenplay John Ridley, from the book by Solomon Northup Music Hans Zimmer Cinematography Sean Bobbitt Editing Joe Walker Sound formats Dolby Soundtrack Available Made in 2013 Produced by Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Pictures, Film4
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FPB Report (SA) Genre Biography Language Moderate impact Nudity Full frontal both male and female, non-sexual context, brief Sex Moderate to strong, implied, infrequent Violence Frequent, very strong, physical, psychological, intense, realistic, prolonged, graphic, gory Prejudice Frequent, very strong scenes of racism and discrimination against black people Blasphemy None Drug abuse Some alcohol use (in context) Comments Complex and mature and very strong impact. These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB . Read the Classification Guidelines .
ScreenIt Report (USA) Sex / Nudity Violence Blood / Gore / Gross Guns / Profanity Alcohol / Drugs Smoking Disrespectful / Imitative Behaviour Frightening / Jump Scenes Tense Family Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Topics to talk about
CommonSenseMedia Report (USA) Suggested age limit Positive messages Positive role models 14 Violence Sex Language Consumerism Drinking, drugs, smoking
Ratings Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus/The Star Ann Hornaday 15
Die Burger Riëtte Grobler 15
Cape Times Todd McCarthy 15
International Media ScreenIt (USA) C. Fuchs 16
Metacritic.com 48 critics 19
RottenTomatoes.com 238 critics 18
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 19
Movie Review Query Engine (USA) MRQE critics 18
CommonSenseMedia (USA) Staff evaluation 15
Internet (IMDB) 40981 Netizens 17
Average .. 84% 17
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