Don't you love when a movie is made chronicling the backstory of a famous work of art? I do, and I always flock to see movies like Girl with the Pearl Earring or Shakespeare in Love. They're usually highly fictionalized, but that doesn't stop me from watching them. My Boy Jack is a television special based on Rudyard Kipling's poem. The author is played by David Haig, and his wife is Kim Cattrall (I know, an odd choice). Their teenaged children are Carey Mulligan and Daniel Radcliffe, who later inspires the famed poem. A very patriotic family, David pushes for Daniel to enlist in the service during WWI. At first, he's rejected due to poor eyesight (can anyone say 'Oculus Reparo'?), but David pulls some strings and gets him admitted anyway.
Might this be a mistake? Might some tragedy befall Daniel and fill his father with unspeakable guilt? This is a tearjerker, folks. This is not a feel-good family-friendly movie that reminds you of the years when you saw all the Harry Potter movies on Thanksgiving. This is an emotional drama with lots of guilt and sorrow. It's certainly anti-war, so know what you're getting into if you decide to rent it.
Might this be a mistake? Might some tragedy befall Daniel and fill his father with unspeakable guilt? This is a tearjerker, folks. This is not a feel-good family-friendly movie that reminds you of the years when you saw all the Harry Potter movies on Thanksgiving. This is an emotional drama with lots of guilt and sorrow. It's certainly anti-war, so know what you're getting into if you decide to rent it.