Review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) by Robyn S — 29 Jul 2010
Am I missing something here? This is supposed to be a coming-of-age classic, but I couldn't figure out what exactly the film was trying to say. My aunt was sitting there afterward trying to tell me that the story is all about the children's mental maturation.
Perhaps half of the film is focusing on the young ones and their misadventures, and there are parts that certainly show just what she was talking about. But the courtroom scenes (which were quite good) for which the film is most well-known have nothing to do with the star children, only with the alternate theme of southern racism--these scenes stray from the message the film was supposedly trying to send.
While the acting is certainly superb, I found that the story was just quite messy and without a clear direction. This film couldn't just stick with just one theme; it wanted to send multiple messages.
While that's not necessarily a bad thing, "To Kill A Mockingbird" did it in rather poor fashion. Not a bad movie by any means, but far from a classic.
This review of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was written by Robyn S on 29 Jul 2010.
To Kill a Mockingbird has generally received very positive reviews.
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