Here are more great reviews for My Boy Jack, and a reminder that this movie will air in the US this Sunday, April 20 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
San Francisco Chronicles
"Radcliffe, of course, has a bit of box office appeal. It's fascinating to see the choices he is making as an actor as he prepares to doff the horn-rims and put down the wand for good. He wasn't able to do much playing an older orphan in the sloppy 'December Boys' last year, but he didn't stink up the joint.
"Here he is given a bit more to work with, and he simply soars. He is the heart of the film, even when he's not onscreen. As we watch the events unfold, we begin to see how much Jack's relationship with his father is really motivating his drive to get to the front. At one point, his sister even confirms that Jack enlisted because he had to get away from the suffocation of Kipling family life. But even without that spoken revelation, we understand what's in Jack's mind when he mentions that he's never even read 'The Jungle Book,' one of his father's greatest works."
The Boston
"If you think Daniel Radcliffe will never be able to shake off Harry Potter, see 'My Boy Jack,' the newest film in PBS's 'Masterpiece' series. As Jack Kipling, the son of writer Rudyard Kipling, Radcliffe is superb - a tightly wound young man who joins in World War I despite abominable eyesight. He is notably un-Harry-like."
PopMatter
"...Radcliffe brings an impressive vulnerability and determination to Jack. Just a few years ago, in the first “Harry Potter” films, a much younger Radcliffe was tentative and unfocused, but here he demonstrates just how much he’s grown as an actor. "
San Francisco Chronicles
"Radcliffe, of course, has a bit of box office appeal. It's fascinating to see the choices he is making as an actor as he prepares to doff the horn-rims and put down the wand for good. He wasn't able to do much playing an older orphan in the sloppy 'December Boys' last year, but he didn't stink up the joint.
"Here he is given a bit more to work with, and he simply soars. He is the heart of the film, even when he's not onscreen. As we watch the events unfold, we begin to see how much Jack's relationship with his father is really motivating his drive to get to the front. At one point, his sister even confirms that Jack enlisted because he had to get away from the suffocation of Kipling family life. But even without that spoken revelation, we understand what's in Jack's mind when he mentions that he's never even read 'The Jungle Book,' one of his father's greatest works."
The Boston
"If you think Daniel Radcliffe will never be able to shake off Harry Potter, see 'My Boy Jack,' the newest film in PBS's 'Masterpiece' series. As Jack Kipling, the son of writer Rudyard Kipling, Radcliffe is superb - a tightly wound young man who joins in World War I despite abominable eyesight. He is notably un-Harry-like."
PopMatter
"...Radcliffe brings an impressive vulnerability and determination to Jack. Just a few years ago, in the first “Harry Potter” films, a much younger Radcliffe was tentative and unfocused, but here he demonstrates just how much he’s grown as an actor. "
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