Courtroom drama masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2019)

One of the best book to screen adaptations To Kill a mockingbird was a success the day it was released, and continues to be so to this day. Director Robert Mulligan is unwavering throughout the course of this movie to ensure that the point-of-view remains constant. The actions of all the characters are filtered through the kids eyes. To Kill a Mockingbird has only one human bad guy (considering, of course, that the pervasive bigotry infecting the South during the '30s is the chief villain) - the racist Bob Ewell, who is portrayed with chilling malevolence by James Anderson. This movie is a faithful adaptation of one of the 20th century's most important American works of literature. This is one of those rare productions where everything is in place - a superior script, a perfect cast, and a director who has a clear vision and achieves what he sets out to do. To Kill a Mockingbird is universally recognized as a classic, and the label is well deserved.