![]() ![]() So be warned, I will go into some minor spoilers. Now it’s hard to explain why I dislike this movie without going into to spoilers for it and, likewise, the book. Jake Brigance was much more complex in the novel and felt like a real person. The characters themselves is another story. These are talent actors, bad acting is not an issue this film. Jackson as Hailey, Kevin Spacey as the head prosecutor and Sandra Bullock as Brigance’s assistant Ellen Roark. With Matthew McConaughey as the defense attorney and main character Jake Brigance, Samuel L. The movie does have a lot of big name stars. The changes that were made were degrading. Even if I had never read the novel, I probably wouldn’t like this movie. And with this said, “A Time to Kill” is a bad film adaptation.Īgain, the book wasn’t a masterpiece, but it’s so much better, and so much less sappy, than the movie. Novels can pack some much more detail and character development that movies simply can’t. I try to be lenient when judging a film adaptation of a good book, because movies often have to make changes. As someone who hopes to be a writer himself, I hope my early work can be as good as John Grisham’s. The Book is really good, by no means perfect, but I enjoyed reading it. The small town then becomes a spectacle as the media, civil rights activists and the Ku Klux Klan take interest in the case. Now facing the death penalty for murder, a young white lawyer named Jack Brigance defends Hailey. Her father, Carl Lee Hailey, vows vengeance and, after they are arrested, he guns down both men inside the town courthouse. In a fictional southern town, two white men brutally assault and rape a little black girl. ![]() After that, “A Time to Kill” adaptation followed as well. Though it went unnoticed, it soon become popular due to the success of Grisham’s second novel, “The Firm.” That novel later was adapted into a movie starring Tom Cruise. After working on “A Time to Kill” for years, it was released in 1989. For those not familiar with Grisham, his known mostly for his courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, inspired by his own experiences as lawyer. “A Time to Kill” began as author John Grisham’s first novel. Warning: The book and film both contain mature content – both would be Rated R ![]()
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