12 Years a Slave 2014

4.5

Anupama ChopraTheFrontRow

12 Years a Slave is the most devastating experience I’ve had in a movie theater in years. I first saw the film alone in LA and by the end, I was weeping uncontrollably into my p..

4.5

Tushar JoshiDNA

It isn’t sitting through the physical and verbal abuse scenes, but these are important in the story line. McQueen is superb in his handling of the subject and shows the finesse ..

4.0

Rajeev MasandIBNLive

There are enough scenes of brutal violence in 12 Years a Slave to make your skin crawl…Nicely shot and paced, the film works because it breathes with reality. McQueen drives..

4.0

Srijana Mitra DasTimes of India

Straight away, 12 Years A Slave is not a film for the faint-hearted. It is one of the most haunting, daunting movies made. But despite its unrelenting, tense brutality, you’..

4.0

Shalini LangerIndian Express

NEVER one to shy away from human privation, be it in Hunger or Shame, McQueen offers here in one horrific scene the brutality of slavery and the helplessness of blacks against the..

4.0

Rohit KhilnaniIndia Today

12 Years a Slave is one of the best movies ever made on American slavery. British director Steve McQueen has succeeded in bringing on celluloid the pain of slavery in every single..