9/10
Overall a great movie...a very uplifting plot centered around the struggles of slavery that in some ways is still relevant today. Stanley Kubrick certainly did his homework with the history even if it isn't totally accurate, was more of a mythologizing of a real person. Very genuine looking sets, great acting, complex political dialogue.
The only reason I subtracted a star is I guess it could have been a little more exciting, but the script writing certainly makes up for it. We all have our standards, and I may have given this one a better score if I had watched it at a different time...
Overall a great movie...a very uplifting plot centered around the struggles of slavery that in some ways is still relevant today. Stanley Kubrick certainly did his homework with the history even if it isn't totally accurate, was more of a mythologizing of a real person. Very genuine looking sets, great acting, complex political dialogue.
The only reason I subtracted a star is I guess it could have been a little more exciting, but the script writing certainly makes up for it. We all have our standards, and I may have given this one a better score if I had watched it at a different time...