My Boy Jack | 
| Director: Brian Kirk
Actors: David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan, Julian Wadham
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 19581
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE37030D
UPC: 883929009350
EAN: 0883929009350
ASIN: B0011FDVGI
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 22, 2008
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As affecting as it is thought-provoking, ITV's My Boy Jack illustrates the dangers of unbridled patriotism. To grow up the child of a famous author is burden enough, but when the boy must embody the beliefs of the man, the consequences can be devastating. In the case of John "Jack" Kipling (Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe in his most mature role to date), 17-year-old son of Rudyard Kipling (Four Weddings and a Funeral's David Haig), his father's passion for King and Country leads to a preventable tragedy. Based on Haig's play, the proceedings begin in 1914, prior to the outbreak of World War II. Jack attempts to join the army and the navy, but both reject him due to severe shortsightedness, so Kipling Sr. pulls strings to place him with the Irish Guards. Jack's sister, Elsie (Bleak House's Carey Mulligan), and American-born mother, Caroline (a brunette Kim Cattrall), would rather he serve the war effort at home. Through hard work and determination, Jack scales the ranks from private to lieutenant, but goes missing in France, and many months pass before the family solves the mystery of his disappearance. In the end, My Boy Jack, which aired in England on Remembrance Day, concerns itself more with paying tribute than apportioning blame, and Haig skillfully portrays Kipling's guilt in putting his son in harm's way and pride in a brave soldier who "played his part properly." Special features include interviews and deleted scenes. Parental advisory suggested due to situation-appropriate language and teen smoking. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/22/2008 Run time: 93 minutes Rating: Nr
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 review:MY BOY JACK April 18, 2009
John J. Ryan
I am familiar with WW1 info and Kiplings life.The movie is an accurate depiction of what transpired with his son Jack.Production values and acting are first rate.Pls. note that Jacks body was not found by the end of the movie,and indeed his remains were not found until several years ago.(it is unfortunate that there is now some dispute about this.)Of course the Kipling family was long dead when his supposed body was found,joining thousands and thousands of families in the same grief.
John
Serious film about serious matters... April 4, 2009
Kevin Mcdermott (Essex County, Massachusetts)
A well-done film that (surprisingly, I think, for our era) manages to deal with the issue of war and its attendant and inevitable horrors without reducing the issue to black and white pablum. Many reviews I have seen of this film can't quite seem to come to grasps with the idea of someone being willing and able to shoulder the horror of sacrificing a son for a cause...and still believing in that cause. This film, unlike the reviewers, shows that...and withholds comment. You are free to form your own opinions as to the meaning and value of Rudyard Kiplings motivations and reactions. Similarly, in a short scene when Jack Kipling takes his first command, we are given a potted "why are you here as volunteers?" scene--contrived, but well done. The answers run the gamut with all stops between "King and Country" to "safer to be going to France than to stay in Dublin." This models reality, I think, and good for the filmmakers for making it thus.
The acting and period details, physical and otherwise, are excellent. The recreation of Rudyard Kipling by David Haig is shockingly photographic and believable. Kim Cattrall is quite unrecognizable; you'll have no acid flashbacks to Sex and the City. Poor Daniel Radcliffe, however, is likely to suffer the same fate as Elijah Wood...no one will EVER be able to see that face, nor hear that voice, without imagining either Frodo nor Harry Potter. Perhaps age will cure this, but I doubt it.
Here's a good film about perhaps the most horrid of wars.
A very moving moment! February 20, 2009
Chemana Martine (Paris, France)
Very moving film and done with great depth and faithful view on Kipling. Excellent actors and dialogues. I wish this film was shown in France in cinemas.
 A totally different view February 16, 2009
J. Birkett (Kansas City)
I had enjoyed the "Harry Potter" portrayal since the first movie. This was the first time I've seen Radcliffe outside the juvenile role. This is a serious adult role, and one that he took on and played with believable force. I was very pleased with the development of the story as well as the adult role development of an early actor whose earlier works I have enjoyed.
This one starts off a little bit slow, but once it gets going, it really captures your attention and brings you into the story.
My Boy Jack January 13, 2009
Dynise C. Day
I wasn't prepared for all the tears and sadness. I don't recommend this as childrens' fare. Far from it. Very emotional and haunting. Consider yourself warned, cautioned--if you watch keep a huge box of tissues and may have nightmares, like I did for a night or two, glad my only nephew decided to leave the Marines.
Excellent actors all; David Haig as Rudyard Kipling; Daniel Radcliffe as John Kipling; Kim Cattrall as Caroline Kipling; Carey Mulligan as Elsie Kipling; Julian Wadham as King George V; etc.
My Boy Jack: TV tie-in edition (Nick Hern Books)
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