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Private Peaceful's deliberate pace will test the patience of many viewers, but its lush visuals and moving screenplay may offer sufficient compensation.
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Melancholy runs deep in "Private Peaceful," a richly appointed British period piece about fraternal loyalty adapted from the book of the same name by "War Horse" author Michael Morpurgo. October 31, 2014 | Full Review…
Melancholy runs deep in "Private Peaceful," a richly appointed British period piece about fraternal loyalty adapted from the book of the same name by "War Horse" author Michael Morpurgo.
Michael Rechtshaffen
A World War I fable that's as stiff as an Eton collar and as plodding as a draft horse. October 30, 2014 | Full Review…
A World War I fable that's as stiff as an Eton collar and as plodding as a draft horse.
Jeannette Catsoulis
A long, long, trail a-winding, to be sure. But fans of PBS, history and a certain kind of old-fashioned moviemaking may fall in. October 30, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A long, long, trail a-winding, to be sure. But fans of PBS, history and a certain kind of old-fashioned moviemaking may fall in.
Joe Neumaier
O'Connor captures all the beauty of these rural childhoods without skimping on the harsh realities of 20th-century feudalism. October 28, 2014 | Full Review…
O'Connor captures all the beauty of these rural childhoods without skimping on the harsh realities of 20th-century feudalism.
Serena Donadoni
The story is told with a flashback structure which was rather nimbler on the page than it is here, and much of the dialogue grants the characters uncanny powers of foresight. October 12, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The story is told with a flashback structure which was rather nimbler on the page than it is here, and much of the dialogue grants the characters uncanny powers of foresight.
Robbie Collin
Essentially conventional in his approach, director Pat O'Connor has delivered a mostly faithful and moving account of Morpurgo's fine book. October 12, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Essentially conventional in his approach, director Pat O'Connor has delivered a mostly faithful and moving account of Morpurgo's fine book.
Derek Malcolm
Stuffed with haphazard writing. September 6, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Stuffed with haphazard writing.
Nicholas Bell
A delicate and warm portrayal of love for family, for friends, and for one's country, without the usual façade of over-exuberant jingoism February 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A delicate and warm portrayal of love for family, for friends, and for one's country, without the usual façade of over-exuberant jingoism
Russell Cook
It's an earnest interpretation of familiar themes. October 31, 2014 | Full Review…
It's an earnest interpretation of familiar themes.
Todd Jorgenson
By modestly embracing its inherent minimalism and finding the emotions underlying even the most schematic of scenarios, the film taps into something unmistakably human. October 29, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
By modestly embracing its inherent minimalism and finding the emotions underlying even the most schematic of scenarios, the film taps into something unmistakably human.
Rob Humanick
Trench warfare as the backdrop for a tawdry love triangle about as incestuous as it gets. October 27, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Trench warfare as the backdrop for a tawdry love triangle about as incestuous as it gets.
Kam Williams
A clich-ridden, thoroughly forgettable, at times just plain dull affair, with broad characterisations and musty plot turns that would seem embarrassing even on TV - where it ideally belongs. July 18, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A clich-ridden, thoroughly forgettable, at times just plain dull affair, with broad characterisations and musty plot turns that would seem embarrassing even on TV - where it ideally belongs.
Aaron Yap
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