Find Movies & TV

My Boy Jack

Directed by Brian Kirk

TV-14

2007 1h 33mDrama, History,

7.171%72%

Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.

Where to Watch My Boy Jack

Cast of My Boy Jack

Daniel RadcliffeJohn Kipling
David HaigRudyard Kipling / Writer
Kim CattrallCaroline Kipling
Carey MulliganElsie Kipling
Julian WadhamKing George V
Robbie KayArthur Relph
John-Paul MacleodRalph
Bill MilnerPeter Carter
Michael McElhattonLeo Amery MP
Martin McCannBowe
Brian de SalvoField Marshal 'Bobs' Roberts
Ciaran NolanDaly
Laurence KinlanDoyle
Nick DunningColonel Ferguson
Peter GowenH.A Gwynne
Richard DormerCorporal John O'Leary
Rúaidhrí ConroyMcHugh
Simon CouryNaval Doctor
Brian KirkDirector
Douglas RaeProducer
Michael CaseyProducer

My Boy Jack Ratings & Reviews

匚卂尺ㄥMay 28, 2025
Excellent cast, beautifully shot and well scripted TV movie about the Kipling family at the start of the First World War. Premiered in the UK on Remembrance Day (11/11) this poignant tale has Daniel Radcliffe in the title role, showing once again (after his on stage appearance in Equus) that there's more to this young actor than the caricature that Harry Potter has become. His clipped and stilted performance completely captured what it must have been like to be the put upon son of a successful, middle-class author in late Edwardian England. David Haig plays Rudyard Kipling (there's a remarkable resemblance) who many will remember from previous UK TV series 'Thin Blue Line' and 'Soldier Soldier' as well as the massively successful 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. Haig captures the British Imperialist that Kipling had become perfectly, as well as the emotional turmoil that Kipling went through as he realised just what he had helped to achieve by sending his young son to war. Haig also wrote the original play and screenplay so the resulting TV movie must be pretty much what he wanted. The supporting players, Kim Catterill as Rudyard's American wife, and Martin McCann as the Irish Guardsman who goes to war with young John to name two, give excellent, measured performances which compliment the two lead roles, giving the whole production a rounded, glossy finish. This is superb TV catch it if you can (but don't forget the hankies!)

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.

See the full list of supported devices