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12 Years a Slave
The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup
Don't pick me ...
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Set in the 1850's in America, and based on a true story, this film has won high praise in spite of having some scenes that are ''difficult to watch''. A free black man agrees to join a travelling show, but is instead abducted, stripped of his identity, and sold into slavery. The next twelve years are extremely harrowing for him and his fellow slaves, as he seeks a way to regain his freedom without getting killed in the process.
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134 minutes, No persons under 18 (Violence, Prejudice)
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit
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| Credits |
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| 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 | | Made in | 2013 |
| Produced by | Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Pictures, Film4 |
Official Site | IMDB page | FPB Report | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| FPB Report (SA) |
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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. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. |
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| Sex / Nudity | Violence | Blood / Gore / Gross | Guns /
Weapons | Profanity |
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Bad Attitude | Imitative Behaviour | Frightening /
Tense Scenes |  |  | | | | | Jump Scenes | Tense Family Scenes | Music (Scary/Tense) | Music (Inappropriate) | Topics to talk about | | | |  | |
| CommonSenseMedia Report (USA) |
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| Suggested age limit | Positive messages | Positive role models |
| 14 |  |  | | Violence | Sex | Language |
 | | | | Consumerism | Drinking, drugs, smoking |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 | |
| What the Critics say | Cape Argus/The StarAnn Hornaday  | 15 | |
| Die BurgerRiëtte Grobler | 15 | |
| Cape TimesTodd McCarthy | 15 | |
| ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs | 16 | |
| Metacritic.com48 critics | 19 | |
| RottenTomatoes.com238 critics | 18 | |
| RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer | 19 | |
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics   | 18 | |
| CommonSenseMedia (USA)Staff evaluation | 15 | |
| What the People say | | IMDB40981 Netizens | 17 | |
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| Average .. 84% | 17 | |
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