Georgia Lukanov

Well what an emotional rollercoaster this movie was! It was shocking, thought provoking, educational and gripping. The movie artistically portrays the dark truth of slavery within the nineteenth century in an uncomfortably slow and brutal light. I never really fancied Brad Pitt that much before this movie, but the heroic thing kinda suits him. The main character, Solomon, gave an incredible performance and acted with pure emotion in every scene. The only negative I had about the movie was that some of the scenes left me feeling so uncomfortable I had to skip forward. The scenes were intentionally drawn out by the director to emphasise the brutality and wrongness in them - he wanted to make the viewers uncomfortable! Although I do see it’s purpose it was too much for me. Do be warned, this movie is not for the faint hearted and does at points make you embarrassed of humanity.