Peck delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in an adaptation that basically eliminates its black characters while delivering a simplistic fable on overcoming racism

| Jul 2, 2024

A moving, mature and socially responsible production which emphatically reveals the power and promise latent in Hollywood and made visible only when its unique resources are properly used.

| Jan 17, 2024

It’s a multifaceted story that’s told with a great visual and technical style and that isn’t ashamed to address the deep-rooted problems of that day.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 27, 2022

Atticus is certainly an idealistic character, but he is also a struggling father and lawyer. Gregory Peck's performance in the film is perfect for the character.

| Apr 1, 2021

The movie takes on a new significance, however, in light of the toxic arguments of contemporary identity politics advocates.

| Feb 17, 2021

It's so very dramatic and dynamic; it's homey without being corny, it's excellent entertainment on any level.

| Jan 13, 2021

As it stands, the film is one of the most significant examples of historical horror in the American classic film canon.

| Nov 19, 2020

One of the greatest films of all-time.

| Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 26, 2020

Atticus Finch is a film hero in a way we don't often think about - resilient, caring, empathetic, loving, dignified, and keen to make a better world.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 15, 2020

Most of the film's distinction can be attributed to the story itself, which is so masterfully orchestrated that it's difficult not to be affected by the potency of its themes.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 27, 2020

The result is a rare movie, a bit too slow in spots but deeply persuasive, decent-minded but never sanctimonious.

| Oct 7, 2019

I think it is one of the best book to movie adaptations that has ever been done.

| Original Score: A+ | May 9, 2019

Solid social conscience drama.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 4, 2016

A fine, moving, informative period piece for all ages, To Kill a Mockingbird is as much an abiding favourite as the book.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2016

Peck's performance, in tortoiseshell glasses and a cream linen suit, is mesmerizing and serious.

| Feb 23, 2016

"To Kill a Mockingbird" relates the Cult of Childhood to the Negro Problem with disastrous results.

| Feb 22, 2016

Gregory Peck stays beautifully within the character of the bespectacled, widowed man, but with its episodes unevenly joined, the script is too repetitive and long.

| Aug 19, 2015

As Mulligan so deftly demonstrates, the story is in the characters, their failings and fragility, their heroism and nobility of spirit.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 3, 2015

I got so much more from this story as an adult, and it's a shame that my adolescent stubbornness kept me from the movie for so many years.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 27, 2012

Because the story is related through young Scout and Jem, that childhood wonder and fear is never close behind.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 11, 2012