Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, David Haig, Kim Cattrall
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

15 reviews
Sales Rank: 3250

Format: PAL, Colour
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5014138602116
ASIN: B000VA3JGQ

Release Date: November 19, 2007
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My Boy Jack November 12, 2007
Alan Law (UK)
32 out of 35 found this review helpful

David Haig has written an excellent play. Very moving. It is difficult for us to understand some of the attitudes of that time when, seemingly, the whole of Europe went to war rejoicing. The carnage was immense, the courage endless. br / br /Daniel Radcliffe demonstrated this well with his sensitive portrayal of Jack. br / br /I doubt Jack could have joined as a ranker. My grandfather tried to join up twice as a private soldier but was rejected on medical grounds. He had no-one to pull strings for him - otherwise I might not have been around to write this. br / br /I do not believe that Daniel Radcliffe's acting career will be adversely affected by playing Harry Potter. Inevitably he will always be associated with the role but he is a very fine and capable actor. He comes across as a very fine young man. br / br /Was all the sacrifce necessary? Ask yourself what Europe would have been like had the Kaiser won.

5 out of 5 stars

A superb example of TV drama well done November 15, 2007
Miriam Kumari (Birmingham)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful

I adored this drama and thought that all of the performances were excellent. br / br /David Haig portrayed Kipling superbly and Kim Cattrall was astonishing as Carrie Kipling. Daniel Radcliffe also played Jack Kipling heartbreakingly well and showed what a brave, determined and scared young man Jack was. And Carey Mulligan is definitely a young actress to watch out for. br / br /I was in tears by the end of the drama and really moved by the whole story and the tragic loss of so many in such a short space of time. I think it was a timely reminder to everyone what effect the loss of that generation of men had on the families they left behind. br / br /Definitely one of the best dramas on television this year.

5 out of 5 stars

One word sums it up November 11, 2007
Ms. Marie Maltby (england)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful

BRILLIANT. br / br /Thats all that needs to be said really a moving screen play that makes you think. I rate both Daniel Radcliff and David Haig but the best suprise was Kim Catteral as Jacks mother. br / br /

5 out of 5 stars

Converted November 23, 2007
Mr. D. J. Read (Alnwick, Northumberland United Kingdom)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

Initially I was dubious. Not about the story, the loss of Kiplings son has been the subject of much conjecture, but about the casting. br / br /Let's take Radcliffe, as the most famous. I'm sure most of us have been less than impressed with his acting in HP, one of the major gripes of the film series. Then we have Haig, and in my ignorance I only know him as Inspector Grim in 'The Thin Blue Line', in which he was by far the funniest in it, and worth buying the series, just for him. But, I couldn't see him doing this kind of serious acting. In fact, when I first started watching the film, I found it hard not to chuckle at many of his expressions. As for Cattrall, I don't really know who she is. br / br /Yet I was astonished by them all. br / br /The well documented story goes that Kipling, a patriotic zealot, inspired a call to arms for many young British men. But his own son could not get into the Navy due to poor eyesight. Eventually his father, desperate for his son to play some part, wrangles a way into the army as an officer. In the Battle of Loos, the day after his birthday, he is sent over the top, with his ragtag soldiers. But then nothing is heard of him, prompting the Kipling family to desperately try and discover what happened to him. br / br /As well as being a simply story, it is also a commentary, as all these films are, of the horrors of war, the desperate waste of so many people dragged into it, and the grieving of the loved ones, left at home, with no news. It also highlights the dangers of nationalism, especially when it is be used to encourage men to sacrifice themselves for a fruitless cause (something relevant today with ongoing military campaigns).

5 out of 5 stars

surprisingly good!!! January 20, 2008
Chrissssy (London UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I had to watch this film at school and i thought in the beginning it was going to be just another boring war film. i thought it was going to be really bad to be honest but it was so good br / br /Daniel Radcliff was a very good actor and the film was a pleasure to watch. 5 stars!!!!

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