Review: War Horse

DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” is the must see movie of the holiday season.

The movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War doesn't disappoint.

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“War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.

It is remarkable to see how Joey touches the lives off all those he meets and watching the film you are drawn in to their friendship and love and experience their joy and their sadness with them.

The cinematography is outstanding and it makes you feel as though you are part of the movie.

War Horse gets an A+

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
U.S. Release date: December 25, 2011
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Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Kebbell
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Executive Producers: Frank Marshall, Revel Guest
Screenplay by: Lee Hall and Richard Curtis
Based on the book by: Michael Morpurgo
and the recent stage play by Nick Stafford, originally produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain and directed by Tom Morris and Marianne Elliot

On the web: http://www.warhorsemovie.com