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About the movie
Year
2011
Runtime
2 h 26 min
Genres
Drama, War
Country
United States
Director
Writers
Plotline
Young Albert enlists to service in WWI after his beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on.
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Main cast
Jeremy Irvine
Albert Narracott
Peter Mullan
Ted Narracott
Emily Watson
Rose Narracott
Niels Arestrup
Grandfather
David Thewlis
Lyons
Tom Hiddleston
Captain Nichols
Benedict Cumberbatch
Maj. Jamie Stewart
Celine Buckens
Emilie
Toby Kebbell
Geordie Soldier
Patrick Kennedy
Lt. Charlier Waverly
Leonhard Carow
Michael
David Kross
Gunther
Matt Milne
Andrew Easton
Robert Emms
David Lyons
Eddie Marsan
Sgt. Fry
Nicolas Bro
Friedrich
External critics' reviews
New York Magazine David Edelstein
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. more
Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
There isn't a moment in the movie where you don't feel Spielberg's passion, and this time, the film is worthy of his enthusiasm. It's a knockout. more
New York Post Kyle Smith
It's not a knock on Steven Spielberg to say he is history's finest maker of children's movies. His capacity to evoke simplicity, awe, beauty and unconditional love are his genius, and his vision of the children's story War Horse is a gorgeous, majestic fable about a boy who yearns to be reunited with his steed. more
New Orleans Times-Picayune Mike Scott
An entirely fitting Christmas Day release -- filled as it is with magic and talk of miracles -- and easily one of the best films of 2011. more
The A.V. Club Keith Phipps
To create his disarmingly earnest film, Spielberg draws from the past. Its tone is humanistic and its technique classic. more
New York Observer Rex Reed
War Horse is a don't-miss Spielberg classic that reaches true perfection. more
Time Richard Corliss
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. more
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
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. more
The New York Times A.O. Scott
You may find yourself resisting this sentimental pageant of early-20th-century rural English life, replete with verdant fields, muddy tweeds and damp turnips, but my strong advice is to surrender. more
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
War Horse gets to you. It's one from the heart. more
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