Steven Spielberg sure doesn’t spare the schmaltz in this beautifully photographed story of a young man and the horse that changes his life. He really wrings the sentimentality out of every scene. Whether it’s the young man bidding farewell to the horse as it goes off to war or the tearful reunion of the two after they go through a series of adventures apart, Spielberg seems to have one goal in mind: To make you cry. Or at least have the tears well up in your eyes as you watch that last moment of golden sunset at the end of the movie as the man and his horse hug it out. Even if you don’t feel any emotional attachment at all to the characters, animal or human, in the movie you can still enjoy the sheer craftsmanship of War Horse. It’s a good story and it’s well told.
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