Storyline
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Directors
Writers
Cast
Julian Wadham, Pip Torrens, Tom Hiddleston, Michael Kranz, Rainer Bock, Sebastian Hülk, Toby Kebbell, Geoff Bell, Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, David Kross, Nicolas Bro, Eddie Marsan, Niels Arestrup, Celine Buckens, Matt Milne, Robert Emms, Tony Pitts, Irfan Hussein, Patrick Kennedy, Liam Cunningham, Hinnerk Schönemann, Philippe Nahon, Trystan Pütter, Anian Zollner, Hannes Wegener, Maximilian Brückner, Markus Tomczyk, Peter Benedict, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Seamus O'Neill
Trailer
Reviews
100
In his most painterly film, Spielberg has appropriated the lavish visual palette of John Ford movies: "The Quiet Man" for the rural settings, "The Horse Soldiers" for the war scenes. Boldly emotional, nakedly heartfelt, War Horse will leave only the stoniest hearts untouched.
100
War Horse is a don't-miss Spielberg classic that reaches true perfection.
91
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.
80
What's missing, then? There's no fiery central performance in the mix (the horse doesn't count), and once Emily Watson's hardscrabble mom is rotated out of the action, you yearn for an anchor.
75
Charlotte Observer
For certain movies, the adjectives "formulaic" and "predictable" are complimentary. War Horse is one of them.
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