Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013) by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 31 Oct 2013
12 Years a Slave has some of the awkwardness and inauthenticity of a foreign-made film about the United States. The dialogue of the Washington, D.C., slave traders sounds as if it were written for "Lord of the Rings.
" White plantation workers speak in standard redneck cliches. And yet the ways in which this film is true are much more important than the ways it's false.
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This review of 12 Years a Slave (2013) was written by Mick Lasalle and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 31 Oct 2013.
12 Years a Slave has generally received very positive reviews.
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