Story

12 Years a Slave tells a story of someone who was not known at all and slavery was something that was not known to him till he was picked up. This is the story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free citizen of the United States who lived a normal life in New York accompanying his wife and children.

He receives a two-week music job offer from two unknown men. Next we see that Northup is captured, chained in a prison cell and sold by slave-trader Theophilus Freeman (Paul Giamatti) to the plantation owner William Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch). He is named Platt and thus commences his journey as a slave-he will live in the worst conditions and will be undergoing suffering and will be forced to painful loss of pride each time he objected. At the present time he has to not just get out of there on the contrary also get freed of the individuality as he is renamed Platt, a runaway slave from Georgia. The path is as difficult as one could imagine. The fact that such practices existed in a democratic nation is an evidence of how the power has been misused time and again.

Analysis :

British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor gets into the skin of the character at the same time delivers an exceptional performance. There aren't that many dialogues for him on the contrary his expressions justified most of the talking. Accompanied by a good producer like Pitt, Steve McQueen delivers a masterpiece. 12 Years a Slave justifies every bit of commendation that it has got so far.

Performance :

British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor gets into the skin of the character and delivers an outstanding performance. There aren't that many dialogues for him but his expressions justified most of the talking.

Final Word:
12 Years a Slave qualifies every bit of praise that it has got so far. You must not miss it for sure! I am going with a 4star for 12 Years a Slave.