The story of a free black person who is abducted and turned into a slave is being presented by this movie is great detail, at least the parts which involve beating and torture. Following this unexpected event, the protagonist must struggle to survive the harsh environments which slaves have to endure, hoping that one day, he will be able to return to his beloved family.

It's a touching story by the nature of it which fails to keep me focused throughout its entirety. It brings a bit of interest in the beginning but it fades away rapidly, everything else resuming to beating, whips and mindless torture. It is extended without any reason by at least half an hour just to present the nature and scenes of the actors doing nothing or nothing interesting, boredom being almost it's middle name. I find it hard to understand why would somebody enjoy this type of movie with all its gruesome but also boring events. I find it even harder to think that this movie has won no less than three Oscars, their purpose remaining unknown...The actors play their part well but to tell me that Lupita received an Oscar just for taking a serious whipping is simply mind blowing (They had ran out of choices or something? Or is it something else?).

Returning to the movie, its story is mostly ordinary with a few twists now and then which doesn't impress me in any single way. The events are repetitive, predictable most of the time, linear, leading to a sudden ending. To sum it up, I watched an ordinary movie, filled with wins and nominations for too little reason, if any at all, wasting my life with a great part of it which seemed like an ordinary nature documentary. I simply cannot recommend this movie. To put it in a quote, do not judge a movie by its Oscars!