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Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Drama · Romance · War · 2012

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

Movie details

Private Peaceful

“Divided by love - United by war.”

2012 Drama · Romance · War 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Private Peaceful?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Pat O'Connor

Written by

Simon Reade

Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

Charlie Peaceful

George MacKay

George MacKay

Tommo Peaceful

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

The Colonel

Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Grandma Wolf

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Hazel Peaceful

Alexandra Roach

Alexandra Roach

Molly Monks

John Lynch

John Lynch

Sergeant Hanley

Court is in session

Put Private Peaceful on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.