Comments on: Fun Friday–My Boy Jack on Masterpiece Classics

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:52:39 +0000

Finally got my thoughts posted on my blog.

By: Lori Benton

Lori Benton — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:16:47 +0000

Well done. Daniel Radcliffe and David Haigh were utterly convincing as father and son. I was so impressed with Haigh. He was delightfully engaging and never quite over the top in his portrayal of a man who hasn’t lost his childlike wonder of life, or of storytelling, and who is his son’s most ardent cheerleader. Yet beneath the wonder and the energy and the joie de vivre, Haigh let us see an earnest, intelligent, complex, somewhat emotionally repressed, father and husband, author and thinker. Bravo!

I didn’t want to cry. I didn’t know the story of Jack Kipling, but I could see what was coming and I really didn’t want to feel that grief. Haigh made me feel it, so I gave in.

What a complex performance. I want to write such convincing characters.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:15:48 +0000

This was totally beautiful. I usually do not get involved in a film so much but I was totally mesmerized by the film… David Haigh just amazed me… why have I not seen anything he has done before… what a tallented and very handsome man!

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:23:55 +0000

I didn’t want to give too much away Friday in my review of the film by saying that I cried as I haven’t cried in a movie since I saw Saving Private Ryan. When I watched the last thirty minutes of it again last night, I cried again. And both times, just when I thought I was getting control of myself, when he recites the “My Boy Jack” poem, I was weeping all over again!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:28 +0000

I was incredibly, incredibly moved…bawled actually.

By: Janeites, how deep is your love? « Austenprose

Janeites, how deep is your love? « Austenprose — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:13:59 +0000

[...] Did any gentle readers catch My Boy Jack on Masterpiece Classic last night? It did not disappoint. The intense and poignant story of author and British national icon Rudyard Kipling’s patriotic ambitions for his only son Jack (Daniel Radcliffe) during WWI was all the sweeter and tragic because it was based on actual events. You can read some excellent reviews at Jane Austen Today, SF Gate, and Write Place, Write Time. [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:16:22 +0000

Tough for me to admit it, but I was in tears by the close of this exceptional presentation. I’m about to order the DVD for my friends who in the past refused to watch Masterpiece Theatre.
Three cheers for Daniel!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:25:35 +0000

I’m so happy to hear that this is a good production! Looking forward to Sunday night!

By: Georgiana Daniels

Georgiana Daniels — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:33:42 +0000

I’m glad you’re keeping us up to date on the PBS Sunday nights–it’s good for me to have a heads up since I otherwise wouldn’t have a clue.