To Kill a Mockingbird

Pros: Peck, Elmer Bernstein's introspective score
Cons: Overlong and meandering

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) "...remember it [is] a sin to kill a mockingbird ...they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." Atticus Finch When a film establishes a character as "the greatest hero in American film," by the ...

Pros: Excellent adaption of a novel dealing with bigotry and false accusations.
Cons: None that I can see, may be a bit too intense for younger children.

There's something about this film that I can't quite put my finger on. In terms of film-making, it's one of the best in terms of lighting, characters, adaptation of a novel, and of course, storytelling. Told through the eyes and memories of Scout Finch, t ...

Pros: Gregory Peck and the entire cast, the directing, the story, the score, the photography-everything
Cons: none at all

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...’til you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

That has got to among the best lines ever spoken by a lawyer in any movie, and...

Pros: Gregory Peck. Superior script.
Cons: Rich supporting characters cut or streamlined for time.

I spent today in my home dance studio, carefully working my way through a series of pliers an ...

Pros: Based on fabulous book
Cons: Not for children

I wrote this review as an assignment in school. I received a good grade. I thought others might want to read it.

Everyone loved Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, but was it such a good idea to turn it into a movie? To Kill A Mockingbird...

Pros: Gregory Peck, the child actors, direction and script.
Cons: The black inhabitants of the town aren't well-defined individuals.

In this period of abject poverty (due to Christmas and other factors), I haven’t gone out to rent any movies at the video store in the past few weeks. However, I still have a lot of cheap videos and tapes in my collection, some of which haven’t been ...

Pros: Peck, Peters, characters, story, message
Cons: Book is better, Badham annoying

Based on the Harper Lee classic, this film is set in the South in the 1930s, as upstanding white lawyer and father Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) decides to defend black man Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), on trial for raping a white girl. Meanwhile his two ...

Pros: acting, Peck, just about everything
Cons: some elements in book not in movie

If ever there was a film that everybody should see at least once in their lifetimes, To Kill a Mockingbird is that movie. Based on a Pulitzer prize winning book by Harper Lee of the same name (which people should also read) it features such ...

Pros: Excellent Acting, Characters, Message
Cons: Moments of Musical Direction, Dated Qualities

There is a temptation, I believe, to overrate movies that are considered "classics." Some classics certainly are worthy of being rated as perfect. Many, most - just like today's movies -, do not. Meryl Streep giving a great performance does not make ...

Pros: THe entire production
Cons: None

Every so often, as surely as night follows day, a film comes along that manages to transport us from our everyday lives and into a time and place that is recalled through memories of better and in a reversal of fortunes, turbulent times. To Kill A...

Pros: Acting, Story, Setting, Big Themes, Score
Cons: May frighten very small children, Rape

I can think of several other courtroom dramas I enjoy, but next to The Rainmaker this is my favorite. Based on the outstanding novel by Harper Lee, this 1962 release is ranked 34 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Greatest...

Pros: A powerful story on multiple levels!
Cons: How do you convince young people to watch an 'old' movie?

Arguably one of the best movies ever made.

Harper Lee weaves a theme of unfounded prejudice into several concurrent events as seen through the eyes of a young girl, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham). How does a girl, too young...

Pros: excellent story, good messages, strong cast
Cons: who the heck labelled this a TEARJERKER? WRONG!

Tearjerker?!? I see that is the genre label given to this movie. Who made THAT up? I think that is grossly inaccurate. Yes, I was moved to tears, but that is a miscategorization (oh my, what a long word). Calling it a tearjerker somehow cheapens it,...

Pros: A Classic Tale for learning about the courage to stand up for what is right.
Cons: A little slow for today's viewers who are attuned to a faster pace.

Atticus Finch is the man we all wanted our fathers to be. And if we were lucky, we not only had him, but a Boo Radley in our lives as well. Why? Because, in their own way, both are men of conscience; men for all seasons.

I sometimes say...

Pros: Powerful performances
Cons: None

When I was younger, one of the movies I was allowed to stay up late and watch was To Kill A Mockingbird. Even if it was on late, my sister and I were allowed to stay up cuddled on the couch and see the whole thing. I guess my parents must have thought...