# My Boy Jack (2007)

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**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: Brian Kirk
**Written by**: David Haig
**Starring**: Daniel Radcliffe, David Haig, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan, Julian Wadham, Robbie Kay

> *A young man fights for his country.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A stiff-upper-lip family drama meets the Somme’s mud. When a poet’s teen enlists against his sight, the Kiplings chase him into the trench war. The boy’s myopia becomes the whole front-line tragedy.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, tender

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