Admirable Indeed

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2004)

I saw this when it first came out. I was too young to know what it was about, though I'd tread the book -- which I was also too young to understand.
Tonight was the first time in 42 years I've seen it. And it holds up well. It has a sanctimonious side. Gregory Peck, with this, took on the cloak of great actor, after having been a big lug ofd a handsome leading man. But he's good.
It's beautifully done, well acted, and true to the novel. Brock Peters is maybe a little too noble a character for the part he plays but he plays it well and people play off him well.
It's a movie that does not seem dated and still is moving.