To Kill a Mockingbird

Pros: Great performances, and perfect casting.

Cons: None that I can think of.

Review: Probably no movie has inspired more would-be lawyers than "To Kill A Mockingbird". There's also probably never been another adaptation of a book that was so true to its source material and yet still rivetingly cinematic. So atmospheric you can...

Pros: a classic

Cons: old and therefore sometimes boring

Review: ?The Evil assumption - that all Negro?s lie, all Negro?s are basically immoral beings , that all Negro men are no to be trusted around our women?

-Atticus Finch

To Kill A Mocking bird is a classic movie based on the book for the...

Pros: The acting

Cons: --

Review: Yes, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a grade-school staple, but the performances in this film absolutely make it worth watching.

Brock Peters (younger viewers know him as Starfleet's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Star Trek films)...

Pros: Performances, cast, wonderful musical score, nostalgia, moody photography

Cons: Mary Badham retired from movies (perhaps wisely, considering fates of Former Child Stars)

The Bottom Line: Crime, injustice, racism and the world of grownups in the gothic South, seen through the innocent eyes of a child.

Review: Gregory Peck inspired countless viewers to become lawyers (yeah, thanks guy; it's all your fault!) with this, stated to be his personal favorite of his many performances. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a reverent and effective adaptation of the...

Pros: THe entire production

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Brilliant and evocative moviemaking at its best! A simple storyline conveyed through absolute mastery by cast and crew alike. Highly recommended!

Review: 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: Peck, Peters, characters, story, message

Cons: Book is better, Badham annoying

The Bottom Line: Read the book first, but this film is an American classic, with some great performances, memorable characters and is still worth seeing today.

Review: 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...