All Praises

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2004)

This truly defines the word 'classic'. It is an amalgamation of innocent and corrupt, right and wrong, simple and complicated, trust and deceit. Through the words of Harper Lee, a real treasure has been able to be introduced to the film world. A film about people that is believable, likeable, and an amazingly true picture of Depression-Era America.
The cast was superb in all aspects. Considering Peck won the best actor oscar and the film won several Oscars and Golden Globes it will be remembered as one of the few believable and acurately rated films of the 'golden age of film'. The child actors, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, and John Megna, were particularly good. The projected the required naivity and innocence that is hard to get and still know your lines.
'To Kill A Mockingbird' is truly effective. It reflects the time it was release and the time it was set. It has been a happy memory of simpler days to the many who lived through them and the people who wished they had.