Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” crackles with energy, but struggles to focus

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Review: From the outset, and especially with Scout, our narrators sprint through a veritable novel’s-worth of lines that breeze by like static.

Moore comes off a bit like Amy Sedaris in “Strangers with Candy,” an adult who artificially leans into her kid qualities in order to show us how jaded we’ve become. Her showy, occasionally shaky Southern accent clears the runway for a fleet of questionable drawls.

The story starts with the finale as the kids speculate about how Bob Ewell “fell on a knife,” then rewinds to the events that led to it. Bogeyman Arthur “Boo” Radley is barely mentioned, despite his pivotal third-act appearance, and the action mostly flits between the courtroom and Finch’s front porch in constant, understated set changes.

 

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