I hope this film will change and inspire you.

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2010)

Wow, I know that's a silly word to start a review with but really, wow! I watched this film for the first time ever last week and I am still thinking about it. So powerful and moving. So beautiful and poetic. So gritty and real. So difficult to review... but I'll try.
It's set in a bad time when most white people believed that black people were inferior beings. It demonstrates this beautifully without making it rule the film. It also shows how one man believed in fairness and equality on all levels, and how he managed to change the way others thought about this too, even if he couldn't change the minds of the jury.
Gregory Peck is fantastic as Atticus. He is a true hero in my opinion, and as a 27 year old man who has just become a father for the first time he is a role model. It is very easy to almost go along with things you don't agree with in life just so as not to go against the majority. In work and other places we all come across people who opinions and values differ from our own and it is so easy to not agree with them, but to not disagree either. This film should teach you that standing up for what is right can never be wrong.
This film has so many strong points and almost no weak ones. I occasionally noticed the young actors mouthing the lines so as to keep up/not get lost, but they did a brilliant job despite this and it did not take away from the film. My favourite scenes were when Scout calms down and almost disarms an angry mob by talking to an individual. This seems to embarrass the whole group who then leave. The other is when the whole upper tier of the court room stand and the reverend says to Scout "Stand up. Your father's passing". This scene is so powerful and moving, without being overdone and cheesy, which would have been so easy.
There is an early appearance from Robert Duvall who's only in the film for a short while but his character is mentioned from the start.
If you haven't already, please watch this film. It is a true great and deserves to be even higher up the top 250.