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War Horse

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Great 4.0

Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse is an instant classic in several categories:

  • War Movies: WWI’s trench warfare, poiso…
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Great 4.0

Joey the horse was played by ten different horses, all magnificent. As for the humans:

  • Emily Watson brings real dep…
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Great 4.0

Spielberg seems to have worked more from the book than the puppet-dependent play, though many scenes were familiar from…

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Risqué 1.7

Almost everyone dies, especially those who take kindly to the horses. However, almost no blood is shown. Spielberg pu…

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Glib 1.5

Generals always fight the last war, as the saying goes. In Britain’s case this meant charging mounted cavalry against …

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Very Good 3.5

Remember family movies like they used to make them? Where sentimentality rules the roost? Spielberg dishes up some of …

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Good 3.0

Jeremy Irvine was fine as the protagonist, but he needs more time to mature. The acting from his movie mom and dad Pete…

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Very Good 3.5

Spielberg mixes together two things that get at our emotions: war and noble animals. Mixing the two, although it has b…

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Risqué 1.8

Some scenes of brutality remind you that this is no Disney movie.

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Surreal 2.2

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Dec 25, 2011 6:58PM
Wick Small

Regarding BrianSez’s Review
Great review Bri. Love the “yellow vegetable” allusion.

I saw War Horse on stage in London, where they used puppets for the horses and other animals, which worked tremendously well. Will be interesting to see Spielberg’s live action take.

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2011 Great Movies (33)
Wick Apr 07, 2012 01:42PM PDT

Now at 33. 2010 finished with 20.

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  • Wick

    To clarify, I think X-Men was the one you were hankering to see.

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    Already couldn’t wait to see this one, and now you’ve gotten me mor…

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