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- 2011
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 26 m
- 2011
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 26 m
Summary Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, cha...
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Lee Hall, Richard Curtis, Michael Morpurgo, Nick Stafford
- 2011
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 26 m
- 2011
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 26 m
War Horse
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6.8
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Summary Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, cha...
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Lee Hall, Richard Curtis, Michael Morpurgo, Nick Stafford
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
28% Mixed
11 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 Critic Reviews
72
73% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
28% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Spielberg has been ridiculed for shooting his actors from below against impossibly Spielbergian skies and a denouement that lays the love on copiously. But there's nothing simpleminded about how he uses movie magic, as a spell to dispel nihilism, to save us from the worst of ourselves by summoning up the best.
This is a beautifully built, classically framed movie, shot with the unshowy natural expressiveness of a John Ford Western by Spielberg's great cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 402 User Ratings
6.8
67% Positive
269 Ratings
269 Ratings
20% Mixed
79 Ratings
79 Ratings
13% Negative
54 Ratings
54 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 402 User Ratings
6.8
67% Positive
269 Ratings
269 Ratings
20% Mixed
79 Ratings
79 Ratings
13% Negative
54 Ratings
54 Ratings
I will take Spielberg's War Horse as somewhat a prequel to previous war Spielberg's movie Saving Private Ryan, because Saving Private Ryan took place in World War 2, War Horse took place in World War 1, it's kinda on a different perspective but both movie are just incredible, War Horse it's a powerful love story between a human and a horse that going through many story which each of the story has no better or worse story than the main one, the performance, the music, the cinematography, all was done perfectly, War Horse is a hell of a journey, and Spielberg's is keep going making good movie, though he already did a similar thing but if the similar thing was amazing why not making it again with a different story but the same vision, War Horse is one of Spielberg's best movie, i highly recommended.
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Pieces of War Horse that may charm some eyes might well bore others to tears.
There are extraordinary and beautiful things in War Horse, enough of them to make the movie a pleasure and a worthwhile experience, though not enough to trick the eye or get you believing this movie hangs together.
Whatever its missteps, this is a film that kids, middle-aged adults and grandparents can all see -- together or separately -- and get something out of in their own ways. There are precious few films that fit this description today and hats off to Spielberg for making one.
It's almost a great war movie in one direction, and almost a piece of irredeemable cheese in the other, and there you have it.
Director Steven Spielberg doesn't have a steady grip on War Horse's careening tone, but he'll be damned if there's not 15 minutes in there for everyone.
The film basically tells the story of a horse that participated in World War I, like thousands of others. Contrary to many people, I think this movie is not just the story of a horse nor is it focused for people who are fond of horses. It spite of that, it uses the story of a particular horse to focus on a subject we rarely think about: the horse's indispensable help to humans. The horse was essential to our society over the centuries, both at peace and at war. He has been man's best friend, much more useful and important than the dog itself, and the film shows this very well, just like the affective bond that can be built between man and animal. I also liked the way the trenches and the war scenario was rebuilt. Everything seemed quite realistic and according to the historical truth, so I was able to ignore any hypothetical inaccuracies in the details. Jeremy Irvine did very well on the main human character, perfectly up to the challenge, as well as most of the supporting cast. It has been nominated for six Oscars and, although it hasn't won any of them, this is already a prize in itself, it's not?
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War Horse is a tepid Spielberg epic that is both boring and depressing. The history contained within this movie is skimmed so vapidly that it holds no insight whatsoever, and most of the characters don't hang around long enough to forge an attachment to. War Horse was a chore to sit through.
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Production Company
Dreamworks Pictures,
Touchstone Pictures,
Reliance Entertainment,
Amblin Entertainment,
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Release Date Dec 25, 2011
Duration 2 h 26 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
