As you all know My Boy Jack is going to be airing April 20 on PBS, so reviews done by US online sites for this production are starting to come out, here are two of those reviews from Variety and Entertaiment Weekly:
Variety
"It's not exactly "Equus," but Daniel Radcliffe's maturation into this young-adult role is merely one reason to watch a poignant, splendid "Masterpiece" production, which star David Haig adapts from his 1997 stage play.
"If there were any doubts, it also demonstrates that for Radcliffe, there is clearly life after Harry Potter.
"...[Radcliffe] strong performance as a determined young soldier underlines just how much Warner Bros.' favorite wizard has blossomed, albeit with limited screen time, as the focus invariably shifts to Haig's Kipling"
Entertaiment Weekly
"Radcliffe is hauntingly good as the boy who enters the fray of WWI despite being completely unqualified: He's blind without his spectacles.
"Radcliffe, heartbreakingly scrawny and young, plays Jack as a boy tragically eager to prove himself a man. In one perfect scene, Jack walks with his father to a waiting car, and somewhere in those strides, he unconsciously assumes his dad's gait and cadence. It's a smooth, subtle piece of acting on Radcliffe's part, and aside from the glasses and crooked grin, he never once evokes Harry Potter."
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