I Am Slave (2010)
3/10
More like an underpaid maid than a slave
30 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I gave this movie a 3 for two reasons. One is because I liked the Africa scenes, and the other because the lead actress was quite good. Other than these two things, the movie has little to offer. From the title I would expect to see a girl getting kidnapped, and then going through some terrible situations. Instead, I saw her being spanked once because she played with the Master's kids, and then being sent to live in London like a housewife. Oh yes, once they locked her inside her room for punishment, so after all these hardships, one night, she decided to punch in the alarm code, open the door, and leave the house for good. OK, I do not say that the living conditions were nice, but it is not worst than the living conditions of thousands of Europeans nowadays. The word Slave suggests a huge amount of mistreatment. Verbal abuse. Physical abuse. Rape. We see the minimal amount of all these here. The title would be more accurate if it were "I was kidnapped and forced to be a Nanny". Anyways, this movie is OK to watch, but if you missed don't worry about it...
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