12 Years A Slave

There is not much to say about 12 Years A Slave that hasn’t already been said. I put off seeing it for a few weeks, worried that it would be too harrowing for me, but eventually went on a wet Thursday afternoon (so I could immediately come home and binge of Modern Family to cheer myself up). It is without doubt the best film I’ve seen in many many months. Harrowing, stunning, brutal and beautiful, it shows Steve McQueen as one of the finest visual directors of our time. There was not a poor performance throughout, but Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong’o are all worth a mention, and the awards they’re getting.