Review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) by Callum S — 02 Apr 2013
A flawless movie, Gregory Peck is more than powerful as a classic film hero, giving some of the most incredibly delievered monologues in cinema history and Mary Badham gives the best young actor performance I've ever seen as scout and Robert Duvall is brilliant in a two minute role but you understand everything through his expressions and gestures.
The direction is seemless, graceful and beauitful never forcing it's themes on you about youth and how everything around it affects us when we're young in society, parents, morals and prejudice.
It's also one of the best adaptations on film, bringing the more important parts of the book into the film and focusing on them. The film is timeless, we can all relate too it (even if it's shown through the eyes of a child) and we all understand it, it's message and why it's so necessary not just because of racism, but of other forms of prejudice and to be kind to all.
A timeless masterpiece that will never cease to amaze me.
This review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was written by Callum S on 02 Apr 2013.
To Kill a Mockingbird has generally received very positive reviews.
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