To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

  • 94% of critics liked it
    (49 reviews)

  • 91% of users liked it
    (152,318 ratings)

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula. Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch,… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Horton Foote
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Dec 25, 1962 Wide
Universal International Pictur

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    To Kill a Mockingbird is a time capsule, preserving hopes and sentiments from a kinder, gentler, more naive America.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Harper Lee's child's-eye view of southern bigotry gains something in its translation to the screen by Robert Mulligan, who knows exactly where to place the camera to catch a child's subjective experience.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    This one is always just off the boil.

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    Minor shortcomings in a rewarding film.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Universally recognized as a classic, and the label is well deserved.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    Trivia: Scout and Jem's fanciful summer friend Dil was based on Truman Capote.

  • Chris W


    This is a magnificent adaptation of a magnificent novel, and in general, this is one of the best ever. Set in a small Alabama town during the 1930s, this is the story of a very honest, no-nonsense widower lawyer named Atticus Finch who, in addition to trying to raise his two… More

  • Universal D


    Altho Peck is perfect here as sort of a modern day Abe Lincoln defending a black man of raping a white woman in a pre-Civil Rights southern town, there is a whole 'nother film here about the wonder, mysticism and magic of childhood that is forgotten with all the fire and… More

  • Alexander D


    Although I didnā(TM)t really care for Harper Leeā(TM)s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, I really enjoyed this film adaptation of a mere two years later. Peckā(TM)s Oscar-winning delivery of Atticus Finch was (for once) almost exactly like I imagined him while reading the book: a… More

  • Jeff "


    Film version of Harper Lee's classic, To Kill a Mockingbird is one of cinema's greatest classics. The book is one of my all time favourite novels, and this screen adaptation does it justice. Director Robert Mulligan directs a phenomenal cast of actors, most notably Gregory… More

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