Steven Spielberg directs Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and Peter Mullan in this WWI drama following a handsome horse’s exploitation throughout the ‘Great War’.

What if Forrest Gump was a horse? I avoided this as animal cruelty, even if only simulated, really seems to effect me. I shouldn’t have worried as essentially this is a family film. Spielberg does a big visual love letter to the cinema of John Ford and the character credits of “French Horse Auctioneer” followed by “French Butcher” turn out not to be the doomed spoilers I thought they’d be. Well constructed, quite beautiful at times.

7

Perfect Double Bill: Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Check out my wife Natalie’s Point Horror blog https://cornsyrup.co.uk

We also do a podcast together called The Worst Movies We Own. It is available on Spotify or here https://letterboxd.com/bobbycarroll/list/the-worst-movies-we-own-podcast-ranking-and/