

War Horse
Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship.
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.
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7.3/10
3,788 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $66M
- Box office
- $177.6M
- Language
- English
- world war i
- horse
- farm life
- execution
- trapped
- alcoholic
- cavalry
- plowing
- artillery
- curious
- depressing
- admiring
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United States of America, India
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical10 Feb 2012
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York4 Dec 2011
- TheatricalPG-1325 Dec 2011
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A13 Jan 2012
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM26 Dec 2011
CanadaCA
- Theatrical25 Dec 2011
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical16 Feb 2012
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical181 Feb 2012
BrazilBR
- Theatrical126 Jan 2012
- TV10Com Cortes1 Dec 2015
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical24 Feb 2012
ChileCL
- Theatrical9 Feb 2012
ChinaCN
- Theatrical28 Feb 2012
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical8 Jan 2012
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War Horse was released on 25 December 2011.
Audience reviews
4- A5/10
Andres Gomez
3/14/2013
A too long story of a horse in times of WW I and its relationship with a young brit and some other characters in the way. Too childish but another family movie from Spielberg in the tradition of E.T. and the like.
- G4/10
Gimly
2/6/2017
I absolutely understand why _War Horse_ got the highbrow attention that it did, but I did not find it satisfying on a personal level. Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.
- S7/10
shinemon
7/19/2023
Length is more, that can be reduced. But it is a Humbly simple feel good film. Spielberg Touch Is There. Story has good pace and flow of Journey. At last,we will wait anticipatedly for their joining.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/17/2024
This film - and indeed the whole "War Horse" story - is a sentimentally charged fountain of serendipitous events that require you to suspend any sense of realism and just let your senses find their own way through the next 2½ hours. We start with an auction where a young colt is bought by a poverty-stricken farmer (Peter Mullen). Now he was supposed to buy a working horse to help plough their inhospitable and rocky f…
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