I got through it, now I can check this movie off of my list. I will not be watching this movie again. I could watch "Roots," "Mississippi Burning," "Rosewood," "The Help," and anything like these movies ten times over before watching this again. I've never watched anything that crushed my spirits as much as this movie. I felt like I lived every second of those twelve years with the main character, Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor).

Was it a good production? Yes. Did it have a stellar cast? Absolutely. This movie accomplished what it set out to do, but I barely had the emotional or psychological capacity to finish it. So, on the one hand, well done. On the other hand, leave me alone.