doesnt do the book justice...

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2000)

Although the film is quite good, it doesn't touch the book, which is one of the best books I have ever read. Gregory Peck, who plays Atticus, portrays only a fraction of what the book built up Atticus to be, and although it is to be expected several major scenes are left out of the film, like the end of part one of the book where Atticus makes Jem read to Mrs Dubose which I thought were paramount in the character development of the children.