The titular hero of "War Horse," a farm horse conscripted into the army during World War I who tries to fight his way back to his rightful owner, will benefit from being immediately sympathetic and likable just by virtue of existing. People will see the horse, people will like the horse, anyone who is good to the horse we will also like, anyone who is bad to the horse is worse than Hitler and we will hate them and cheer for their violent defeat... all without the star of the film having to utter a single line of dialogue.
With Steven Spielberg directing, Janusz Kaminsky shooting and John Williams scoring; you could probably say the same thing about the movie - everything from the setting to the subject matter to their prior collaborations is in-their-element, Tommy-at-the-pinball-machine stuff for this crew...
Some folks are already calling this an Oscar frontrunner and potentially Spielberg's biggest hit in awhile. I see no reason to doubt either calculation.
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