To Kill A Mockingbird Movie Review
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is an interesting character study, with a thoughtful script. While its treatment of racism is somewhat heavy-handed and simplistic, the film is well cast and is redeemed by excellent performances.
Based on the semi-autographical bestseller by Harper Lee, the story is set in a sleepy rural Alabama town during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) defends a black man (Brock Peters) unjustly accused of raping a disturbed white woman (Collin Wilcox). Finch is a widower with two young children, Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford). The children are fascinated with reclusive, possibly retarted neighbor Boo Radley (Robert Duvall, in his film debut).
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is an interesting character study, with a thoughtful script. While its treatment of racism is somewhat heavy-handed and simplistic, the film is well cast and is redeemed by excellent performances.
Based on the semi-autographical bestseller by Harper Lee, the story is set in a sleepy rural Alabama town during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) defends a black man (Brock Peters) unjustly accused of raping a disturbed white woman (Collin Wilcox). Finch is a widower with two young children, Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford). The children are fascinated with reclusive, possibly retarted neighbor Boo Radley (Robert Duvall, in his film debut).
