War Horse
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On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
What critics thought
Spielberg's old-fashioned epic earned broadly favorable notices for its visual craftsmanship and emotional sweep, but the central disagreement was whether its unabashed sentimentality reads as Fordian classicism or as manipulative schmaltz. Admirers embraced it on its own earnest terms; detractors found its emotional machinery embarrassingly overdone and its imagination surprisingly thin.
“The project is tailor-made for Saving Private Ryan Spielberg, the war-story specialist, as well as for E.T. Spielberg, the chronicler of boyhood desires and yearnings for family.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
“surely some of the best footage Spielberg has ever directed ... The film is made with superb artistry. Spielberg is the master of an awesome canvas. Most people will enjoy it, as I did.”
Roger Ebert·Sun-Times
“The horses themselves are magnificent, and maybe that's reason enough to see the movie. But War Horse is a bland, bizarrely unimaginative piece of work”
David Denby·The New Yorker
“despite twisting and turning to be even-handed, simply could not help itself and, like some faux-reformed alcoholic, gorged itself on an entire miniature liqueur selection of Anglo-German clichés”
Simon Winder·The Guardian
Accolades
Genres
War, History, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Steven SpielbergDirector
Jeremy IrvineAlbert Narracott
Peter MullanTed Narracott
Emily WatsonRose Narracott
Niels ArestrupGrandfather
David ThewlisLyons
Tom HiddlestonCapt. James Nicholls
Benedict CumberbatchMaj. Jamie Stewart
Céline BuckensEmilie
Toby KebbellGeordie Soldier
Patrick KennedyLt. Charlie Waverly
Leonard CarowMichael
David KrossGunther
John WilliamsComposer
Lee HallWriter
Richard CurtisWriter
Michael MorpurgoWriter
Janusz KamińskiCinematographyFrom the studio
War Horse
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
What critics thought
Spielberg's old-fashioned epic earned broadly favorable notices for its visual craftsmanship and emotional sweep, but the central disagreement was whether its unabashed sentimentality reads as Fordian classicism or as manipulative schmaltz. Admirers embraced it on its own earnest terms; detractors found its emotional machinery embarrassingly overdone and its imagination surprisingly thin.
“The project is tailor-made for Saving Private Ryan Spielberg, the war-story specialist, as well as for E.T. Spielberg, the chronicler of boyhood desires and yearnings for family.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
“surely some of the best footage Spielberg has ever directed ... The film is made with superb artistry. Spielberg is the master of an awesome canvas. Most people will enjoy it, as I did.”
Roger Ebert·Sun-Times
“The horses themselves are magnificent, and maybe that's reason enough to see the movie. But War Horse is a bland, bizarrely unimaginative piece of work”
David Denby·The New Yorker
“despite twisting and turning to be even-handed, simply could not help itself and, like some faux-reformed alcoholic, gorged itself on an entire miniature liqueur selection of Anglo-German clichés”
Simon Winder·The Guardian
Accolades
Genres
War, History, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Steven SpielbergDirectorJeremy IrvineAlbert NarracottPeter MullanTed NarracottEmily WatsonRose NarracottNiels ArestrupGrandfatherDavid ThewlisLyonsTom HiddlestonCapt. James NichollsBenedict CumberbatchMaj. Jamie StewartCéline BuckensEmilieToby KebbellGeordie SoldierPatrick KennedyLt. Charlie WaverlyLeonard CarowMichaelDavid KrossGuntherJohn WilliamsComposerLee HallWriterRichard CurtisWriterMichael MorpurgoWriterJanusz KamińskiCinematographyFrom the studio
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