War Horse - Awards  77% Certified Fresh

Release Date: December 28, 2011

Studio/Distributor: Amblin, DreamWorks/Touchstone Pictures

Running Time: 146 minutes

Director: Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: Oscar nominees RIchard Curtis ("Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") adapted the best-seller by Michael Morpurgo which tells the tale of a young English farmhand who enlists during WW I in hopes of finding his beloved colt who has been sold to the cavalry. Newcomer Jeremy Irvine plays the boy with two-time Oscar nominee Emily Watson and Peter Mullans as his parents, and Benedict Cumberbatch as an army officer.

Reception: Rotten Tomatoes Top Critics: 84%

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