To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

A father must expose his children to a small town's outraged passions… and can only protect them with his love.

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Release Date

12/20/1962

Runtime

129 mins

Genres

Overview

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$13,129,846

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A profound meditation on childhood innocence confronting systemic injustice, told through the eyes of a young girl navigating her small town's moral reckoning. The film moves with deliberate grace between intimate family moments and the crushing weight of racial prejudice, leaving viewers with quiet, enduring sadness.

Mood

MelancholicContemplativeDread-soaked

Themes

Coming of ageJusticeFamily

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Black and whiteNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Racial violence

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