I'll be completely honest by saying this... I was already prepared to not like this movie, based purely on the controversial past of the film maker Nate Parker, not to mention the already controversial history of the primary character of Nat Turner. With that said, I thought this film has some positive merits in several respects, but it also equally has flaws that is common for these types of films.
As a historical biopic, the story as told here seemed like it was just going through a check list of plot points. Usually character development suffers because of that, and this is no exception. Most of the characters end up just being rather one-note or just caricatures, although there are some effort to bring additional dimensions for a few of them.
The main aspect of the story that I really did enjoy however, is how they integrated the topic about Religious interpretations. There's a conversational exchange with two characters trying to one up each other via Bible verses that I found to be rather on point.
There are some visually emotionally powerful scenes that are meant to get a reaction out of me, and some of those scenes can be hard to watch. However, it's nothing you haven't seen in other slavery movies either. So on that note, I think you're just better off watching "12 Years A Slave" again.
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