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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 29 Dec 2011

Like a well-trained thoroughbred, it comes home strong and you'd have to possess a heart of stone to not be moved by some of the moments in…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for Patch (52) on 28 Dec 2011

Some great moments but most of them, as well as the film's other major themes and elements - have been done previously, and better, by Spielberg…

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By Burl Burlingame (127) for Honolulu Star-Advertiser (127) on 28 Dec 2011

A tearjerker finale suggests that Joey has the power of restoring sight to the blind…

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By John Thomason (91) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 28 Dec 2011

War Horse is a fine example of a director, his conductor, his cinematographer and his actors working in handsome, elegant synchronization to…

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By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 28 Dec 2011

We get both Spielbergs for the price of one here-the sentimental filmmaker of his earlier days (think E.T.) and the more intense auteur of…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Image (19) on 28 Dec 2011

Many who dismiss this film have forgotten: [Its source is] a children's story…

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By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 28 Dec 2011

It's not gory, but it's reassuring to know that no animals were actually in any way harmed in the moviemaking process…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 28 Dec 2011

He periodic attempts to anthropomorphize Joey by having him volunteer for a difficult task so a fellow horse (his girlfriend, I think) won't…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 28 Dec 2011

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…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 28 Dec 2011

While it's a perfectly serviceable piece of craftsmanship of the most proudly old-fashioned sort, it's impersonal and programmatic and lacks…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Back Stage (35) on 27 Dec 2011

Old fashioned in the best sense of the word. A triumph and a stirring story not to be missed…

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By Steve Crum (868) for Video-Reviewmaster.com (514) on 26 Dec 2011

The story is reminiscent of 'Courage of Lassie' (1946) since it involves a beloved pet, of sorts, that is thrust into a world war, and whose…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 26 Dec 2011

While the PG-13 approach to the most brutally sustained war the world has ever known makes it suitable for mature children, some cynical adults…

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By Kathleen Murphy (78) for MSN Movies (470) on 26 Dec 2011

Tonally jarring and structurally disjointed, it's a punishingly long and bumpy ride…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 26 Dec 2011

The limitations within the screenplay are largely offset by Janusz Kaminski's beautiful cinematography, Michael Kahn's nicely-paced editing…

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By Matt Singer (625) for IFC.com (108) on 26 Dec 2011

War Horse is the law of diminishing returns in action…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 26 Dec 2011

It has Spielberg's signature moves; what it doesn't have is the sense of passion that says, This is more than a product. I really believe in this…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 26 Dec 2011

It's almost a great war movie in one direction, and almost a piece of irredeemable cheese in the other, and there you have it…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 26 Dec 2011

Visually intelligent and technically flawless, and the rural landscapes, big skies and bloody battlefields are effectively realized…

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By David Poland (216) for Movie City News (162) on 25 Dec 2011

One cannot help but to root for this horse like you would root for any of the great heroes of the movies…

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