This was awsome and vilont!!! i loved it!!!!! And this a perfect movie for older tweens to watch to teach them about war!!! BUT BE WARNED THE ENDING IS MUCH TO SAD AND OVERWELMING FOR YOUNGER KIDS.
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My Boy Jack
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 11. -
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Common Sense says
Daniel Radcliffe goes to war as Kipling's son.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–14
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What Parents Need to Know
About My Boy Jack
Parents need to know that characters swear explicitly during combat (not outside of it, though), and there is brief but bloody battlefield violence and fatalities. The younger Kiplings are shown sneaking cigarettes and alcohol unsupervised. Early readers who have come to idolize actor Daniel Radcliffe for his incarnation of Harry Potter should know this is a likeable but very different character he plays, who comes to a very different, sadder end. Viewers whose knowledge of English history and culture doesn't go much deeper than Hogwarts may feel left out.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Rudyard Kipling, and how his literary output and political prominence propped up the British Empire. You can compare his books to movies based on them, especially The Jungle Book. How tough (or cool) might it be as the son of a national icon?
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- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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GREAT MOVIE
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
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- Good role models
A SAD MOVIE MOVIE.... BUT STILL A GREAT ONE
this movie is very sad, and not to mention vilont. This Harry Potter star stars in my boy Jack a sad war drama about a young 18 year old boy whos dream is to fight in war and protect his country. Jack is very nice and determined character but there is some swearing that he says and he smokes without any supervision. Kids under 11 will find themselves confused and scared of the content and images in the movie. kids 12 and older wont be as scared or confused but still the ending will shock them. And if your daughter is in love with Daniel Radcliffe DON'T let her watch this movie!!!!! Bottom line: great movie just not for everyone.
- I rate this title off for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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this movie is awsome!!!! but sad. I will rate things on a scale from 1-10 on how extreme the content is or how much u should be consenered about it. these are for kids who are 8: HOW EXTREME for there age: VILONCE: 10 SEX: 3.8 LANGUAGE: 9.8 CONSUMERISM: 1.2 DRINKING,DRUGS ECT. : 6 HOW MUCH U SHOULD BE CONSENERED: VILONCE:10 SEX: 2.1 LANGUAGE: 10 CONSUMERISUM:1 DRINKING DRUGS ECT. : 4.2) these 1-10 scales are for kids 9-10 year old. HOW EXTREME for there age: VILONCE: 9.5 SEX: 2.5 LANGUAGE: 9.5 CONSUMERISM: 1 DRINKING DRUGS ECT. : 5.8 HOW MUCH U SHOULD BE CONSENERED: VILONCE:10 SEX: 1.3 LANGUAGE: 9.8 CONSUMERISM: 1 DRINKING DRUGS ECT.. : 4) these scales are for kids 11-12 years old. HOW EXTREME it is for there age: VILONCE: 9.4 SEX: 1.5 LANGUAGE: 9.4 CONSUMERISUM:1 DRUGS DRINKING ECT. : 5 HOW MUCH U SHOULD BE CONSENERED: VILONCE: 9.6 SEX: 1.2 LANGUAGE:9.3 CONSUMERISUM: 1 DRINKING DRUGS ECT: 4.8) these scales are for teenagers ages 13-14: HOW EXTREME IT IS for there age: VILONCE: 7.9 SEX:1 LANGUAGE: 8.1 CONSUMERISUM:1 DRINKING DRUGS ECT. : 3.1 HOW MUCH U SHOULD BE CONSENERED: VILONCE:6.8 SEX:1 LANGUAGE: 10 (teenagers are into a stage where if they hear the swear they say the swear) CONSUMERISUM: 1 DRINKING DRUGS ECT: 8.9 ( there is a point in a teenagers life where they might think about smoking this movie might influence the idea even more for them to smoke)
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- I rate this title off for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
the sadest movie i have ever scene
COANTAINS SPOILER my favorite actor in the world is daniel radcliffe. So i rented the movie and watched it. and it was the sadest movie i had ever scene! when jack goes missing in the war his family does everything they can to find him. But then trgicly they find out that he had died ( and in the scene they show him being shot and falling to the ground and dies) i cried and cried and cried at that part. and one of the sadest things is that his father insisted that he went to war and when Jack dies he begins to realize that he basicly murdered his own son. a very sad story. ONLY FOR MATURE VIEWERS.
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