This is a very sad film shown on Remembrance Sunday.It is the story of Jack Kipling who is commissioned into the army despite his inadequate eye sight due to the pressure excerpted by his famous father Rudyard Kipling.Jack Kipling is killed in the first battle in which he is a participant invoking feelings of guilt and rage amongst the Kipling family,What is not made too clear is whether Jack Kipling actually wanted to go to fight or whether he was pressurised into it by his father.Jack Kipling was only too aware of his limitations due to his shortsightedness and the film does seem to imply that it was his fathers wish for him to serve in the armed forces rather than his own desire.The film skillfully evokes the atmosphere in England when World War 1 is declared and the horror of the trenches.
Review of My Boy Jack
My Boy Jack
(2007 TV Movie)
A moving testament to a lost generation
12 November 2007
Warning: Spoilers