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IMDb rating 8.1
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Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 8

...McQueen has constructed another intensely physical character study about a man trapped in his own flesh.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Susan Wloszczyna
rated 8

...a somber, meditative, almost poetic film that delivers the horrors of bondage stripped down and head-on.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Ian Freer
rated 8

Occasionally, McQueen holds on imagery to create an almost abstract metaphorical beauty...

Read full review at Empire
Critic Paul Macinnes
rated 10

Stark, visceral and unrelenting, 12 Years a Slave is not just a great film but a necessary one.

Read full review at The Guardian
Frederik Faaborg

Oh my gosh! What a movie! Felt it through and through

2 years ago
Oskar Tengberg
rated 7

Very Good!

1 year ago
Critic Helena Lindblad
rated 10

Amerikas mörka hjärta – sensationellt och banbrytande om slaveriet. 12 years a slave är en av årets starkaste ­filmer och bygger på en slavs självbiografi. ­

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 8

...12 Years a Slave er en noget nær komplet film om uhyrlighederne mod medmennesker i en periode i den amerikanske nations liv, som ikke ligger så langt tilbage.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Cast & Crew

Steve McQueen
Director
Brad Pitt
As Samuel Bass
Alfre Woodard
As Mistress Shaw
Benedict Cumberbatch
As William Ford
Marc Macaulay
As Captain
Chiwetel Ejiofor
As Solomon Northup

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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

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