Private Peaceful

Name: Private Peaceful
Genre: Drama, War
Released: October 31, 2014
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 51

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BBC America | Release Date: October 31, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful (George MacKay) is the youngest of three brothers from a small village in England. The Peaceful brothers always do everything together, and there is an especially close bond between Tommo and his older brother Charlie (Jack O'Connell). That bond is tested when they fall in love with the same girl. However, when TommoThomas "Tommo" Peaceful (George MacKay) is the youngest of three brothers from a small village in England. The Peaceful brothers always do everything together, and there is an especially close bond between Tommo and his older brother Charlie (Jack O'Connell). That bond is tested when they fall in love with the same girl. However, when Tommo and Charlie are shipped off to Belgium to fight in World War One, the ultimate display of bravery, sacrifice and brotherly love shines through, revealing the beauty of humanity amidst the brutality of battle.… Expand

Director: Pat O'Connor

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 102 min

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Frank Scheck

Oct 30, 2014

Director Pat O'Connor (Dancing at Lughnasa) achieves a lot with a little... Adding greatly to the overall impact are the strong performances by the three leads. Read full review

Charles Gant

Oct 28, 2014

One more story about how the Great War’s casual disdain for human life planted the seeds for the social unrest that followed, the defiantly old-fashioned Private Peaceful nevertheless succeeds in hitting the right emotional notes, with a handy assist from Rachel Portman’s score. Read full review

Rob Humanick

Oct 29, 2014

By modestly embracing its inherent minimalism and finding the emotions underlying even the most schematic of scenarios, the film taps into something unmistakably human. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Oct 28, 2014

O'Connor tries mightily to contextualize the suffering of the Peaceful brothers at home and abroad, making a better case for the British class system's demise than for their survival. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 28, 2014

Private Peaceful is a small-scale story in essence, which works efficiently on the non-epic scale in which it's presented. Read full review

Time Out London Trevor Johnston

Oct 28, 2014

There’s much over-egged mugging from the grown-ups (bumbling toff Richard Griffiths, shouty sarge John Lynch), but the lads are spot-on: young Mackay is effectively touching and bristling O’Connell hints at Next Big Thing charisma. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Oct 30, 2014

With its fusty air and glumly earnest performances, this unnecessary reminder of Steven Spielberg’s soppy 2011 staging of another of Mr. Morpurgo’s novels, “War Horse,” is about as entertaining as trench mouth. Read full review

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