Exquisite in all aspects!!!

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2000)

This movie is based on the prize-winning book of the same name by Harper Lee. It is semi-autobiographical, and so it cannot be dismissed or taken lightly as a work of pure fiction. In my opinion, the movie is very faithful to the book. Hats off to Gregory Peck for a superb acting job as Atticus. Robert Duvall has a small but very pivotal part in this movie. He does an excellent job as well. On another front, the musical score soothes its way into your heart from the start of the movie and stays with you for a long time afterwards. The message of Love and Compassion is the central theme of this movie, and by my estimation, it has rarely been so well communicated. One has to be made of stone not to be moved (and hopefully changed for the better) by it. Thank you to all who took part in the making of this, to quote Keats, "thing of beauty"!