Should you watch War Horse?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
War Horse
Film · 2011
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.
The sides of War Horse
- A farm boy and his horse Joey
- A horse sold to the cavalry in 1914
- The trenches of the First World War
War Horse is good for you if…
- you like being moved by a boy searching the front for his horse.
- you like seeing the Great War through the eyes of an animal.
- you like a Devon farm and the battlefields of France from 1914 to 1918.
War Horse is bad for you if…
- you can't sit through two and a half hours in one evening.
- you roll your eyes at big sentimental moments and swelling music.
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