9.5/10
Wow, this movie bowled me over. Sensational on every level, it's also deeply harrowing and almost impossible to watch without a perpetual grimace on one's face. Michael Fassbender's physical transformation is one of the most grotesque and honest performances put to screen in a long time. About the only thing you can fault the movie before is first-timer Steve McQueen's heavy-handed direction, with its endless long takes certain to earn criticism for being too "pretentious" or "arty for art's sake"...but I wasn't too bothered. And I had to admire him for it, not many directors in their debut films would have the balls to try some of the shots McQueen pulls off. Remarkable.
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