12 years a slave: so I had mixed feelings about it, maybe my expectations were too high. I get the sent to slavery after being free angle, but otherwise there was nothing really unique here to me. Brad Pitt being cast was a bit...odd. And i dont want to insult the actress at all, but what did the woman who played Patsy do for an Oscar? It was sort of like the Denzel character in Glory, but with less depth and leaning very heavily on the traditional stereotypes of plantation society. I think everyone did well with what they were given, but I don't think they were given enough. It almost had a "blockbuster" feel to it to me, where they knew they were going to by hyping for awards so they didn't want to go too deep. Glory, Roots, even Amistad did more in that regard. 3/5 for me