Review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) by Joe P — 06 Nov 2012
Accurately portraying children in film may be one of the hardest challenges to face even the most skilled of directors. Most fail, focusing in too a strong a degree on the nearly sickening whimsy and innocence of "childhood".
However, Robert Mulligan succeeds. "To Kill A Mockingbird" doesn't dumb down the itelligence of its child characters in order to more easily tug on the heart strings of its audience, but instead portrays them as intelligent (naive, but intelligent) and curious bystanders to the simplicity and prevalant immorality of the 1930s South.
What is to be said of Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch that hasn't been proclaimed a million times over? It is perfection, as is every single performance in this film, from the child actors to Robert Duvall's silent, brief and powerful portrayal of Boo Radley.
This review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was written by Joe P on 06 Nov 2012.
To Kill a Mockingbird has generally received very positive reviews.
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