Private Peaceful 2012 Watch Free in HD

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers who struggle through a harsh childhood and adolescence in rural Devon, England fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

Genre:

War, Drama

Actors:

Jack OConnell, George MacKay, Richard Griffiths, Eline Powell, Maxine Peake, Frances de la Tour, John Lynch, Alexandra Roach, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Izzy Meikle-Small, Anthony Flanagan, ...»

Director:

Pat OConnor

Country:

United Kingdom

Release:

2012

IMDb:

6.2

Quality:

Duration:

102 min

New York Daily News

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

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Contactmusic.com

The filmmakers tell this World War I story beautifully, but they never quite bring it to life as a proper movie. By taking a gently simplistic approach, it never feels like anything new as it deals with the usual topics of battlefield camaraderie.

October 12, 2012

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Baret News

Trench warfare as the backdrop for a tawdry love triangle about as incestuous as it gets.

October 27, 2014

New York Times

A World War I fable that's as stiff as an Eton collar and as plodding as a draft horse.

October 30, 2014

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Observer (UK)

It's perhaps more TV than cinema, but O'Connor directs with a firm hand, and children will learn valuable lessons from it.

October 13, 2012

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Slant Magazine

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

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Birmingham Post

The ending is dynamite and will shock children just as much as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

October 31, 2012

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Village Voice

O'Connor captures all the beauty of these rural childhoods without skimping on the harsh realities of 20th-century feudalism.

October 28, 2014

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Time Out

O'Connor shows his old-school expertise in the charming country childhood sequences, where the film feels most individual and alive.

October 11, 2012

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Flicks.co.nz

A cliché-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

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Los Angeles Times

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

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