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War Horse

Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship.

Set during the horrific World War I, a young farm boy gets his first horse, only to have it acquired by the British army for use during the war. We follow the horse's various adventures on the continent, as it passes from owner to owner amidst the terrors of the war, while his owner back in England grows to manhood and joins the army. Fate lends a hand one day in No Man's Land. The film has won numerous awards and was nominated for 6 Oscars.

146 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Violence)
Drama, Period piece, War, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston

Director

Steven Spielberg

Screenplay

Lee Hall, Richard Curtis, from the novel by Michael Moorpurgo

Music

John Williams

Cinematography

Janusz Kaminski

Editing

Michael Kahn

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2011

Produced by

DreamWorks SKG, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Touchstone Pictures

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Most people will enjoy it, as I did.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli War Horse is a crowd-pleaser, and better than many that bear that name, but it is not representative of the filmmaker in peak form. It's a solid, respectable effort but not a great one.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers War Horse gets to you. It's one from the heart.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs A completely engaging throwback to the grand epics of yesteryear and the various cinematic tricks and tactics used back then to pull them off in glorious style.

Metacritic.com40 critics

RottenTomatoes.com195 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Technically superb, proudly sentimental, and unabashedly old-fashioned, War Horse is an emotional drama that tugs the heartstrings with Spielberg's customary flair.

Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics <img src=http://mrqe_histograms.s3.amazonaws.com/detailed-graph-36589.jpg?score=72>

Movie Review Intelligence (USA)49 critics

Internet (IMDB)20851 Netizens Brown Beauty

Average .. 76%

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