![]() ![]() The final days before WWI sees a young boy, Albert (newcomer Jeremy Irvine), taking on the duty of bringing a horse named Joey up to scratch for ploughing his father’s ( Peter Mullan, Trainspotting) field. I guess I should hand in my organ donation card because I clearly don’t have a heart judging from the dismissive reaction I had to this patently artificial film. Even if you’re not crying yet, they will keep trying and trying until only the blackest of hearts are left un-moved. You’d be forgiven for thinking Spielberg and his screenwriters, Lee Hall and Richard Curtis working from Michael Morpurgo’s novel and the Tony-winning Broadway play, were desperate to choke sobs out of their audience from the opening moments. ![]() Steven Spielberg’s ( The Adventures of Tintin) latest film, War Horse, opens with picturesque shots of rolling British countryside set to a boisterous John Williams‘ score. ![]()
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