The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup
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 |
SA distributor | Nu Metro |
Made in | 2013 |
Produced by | Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Pictures, Film4 |
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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. |
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What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Ann Hornaday ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
Die Burger Riëtte Grobler ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
Cape Times Todd McCarthy ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs ![]() | 16 | ![]() |
Metacritic.com 48 critics | 19 | ![]() |
Rottentomatoes critics 238 critics | 18 | ![]() |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer ![]() | 19 | ![]() |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics ![]() ![]() | 18 | ![]() |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 15 | ![]() |
What the People say | ||
Internet 40981 Netizens ![]() | 17 | ![]() |
Average .. 84% | 17 | ![]() |