Am I missing something?

Rating: 5/10 (22 August 2009)

I really like Gregory Peck but he just could not save this movie. I really enjoyed the novel and thought it was great. But the movie is not as good. I couldn't even watch the movie all the way through. I probably saw half of it. I watched part of it in class once, and part of it at home. It was disappointing both times. Compared to the book the film was really rather boring. I thought all of the characters in the book were very colorful, very likable. They didn't make the transition for me to the movie. All of the kids overacted, all of their lines were too loud and their southern accents were overdone. All of their dialogue was spoken in a whiny tone. This is a movie that I had wanted to watch after reading the book and I feel like it could have been really great. I feel that the production of this movie was too rushed. This may not be true but that's how it felt while watching it.