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My Boy Jack

Play trailer Poster for My Boy Jack 2007,  1h 33m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 71% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
71% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their son after he goes missing in action during World War I.
My Boy Jack

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Critics Consensus

While the script may lack insight and excitement, My Boy Jack features strong performances from Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall that alone make it worth watching.

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Hermione Eyre Independent (UK) Feb 25, 2020
I cried. We all cried, I don't doubt. Not a dry eye in any house. Go to Full Review
Thomas Sutcliffe Independent (UK) Feb 25, 2020
He'd captured, too, the torture of hope that Jack's parents found themselves exposed to - the word"Missing"on the telegram sending them scouring through photographs of prisoners of war to see if their son might still be alive. Go to Full Review
Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian Feb 25, 2020
My Boy Jack was - I see no excuse for deceiving you, as Owen wrote to his mother - a disappointment. Go to Full Review
Alison Graham Radio Times Feb 25, 2020
The real revelation, though, is Kim Cattrall as Jack's mother Carrie, a formidable woman who never gave up hope, until presented with terrible evidence to the contrary, that her son would return home. Go to Full Review
Jarad I. Wilk CinemaBlend Feb 25, 2020
2.5/5
As for Cattrall and Radcliffe, it's one of those cases where it's a bit weird seeing them out of their normal characters... Their performances are not bad as a whole, but they are, at times, very stiff. Go to Full Review
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Anakin S Jul 23, 2017 Rudyard Kipling's boy goes to war. It doesn't go well.
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Brian Kirk

Director

David Haig

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Daniel Radcliffe

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Kim Cattrall

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Carey Mulligan

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Julian Wadham

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My Boy Jack

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Movie Info

Synopsis Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their son after he goes missing in action during World War I.
Director
Brian Kirk
Screenwriter
David Haig
Production Co
Ecosse Films, Ingenious Broadcasting
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 16, 2019
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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