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  • 2011
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2011
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 18 m
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Summary Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. Nearly one million copies are sold each year and the novel has been translated into more than forty languages worldwide. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as At...

Directed By: Mary McDonagh Murphy

Written By: Mary McDonagh Murphy

  • 2011
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2011
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 18 m

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. Nearly one million copies are sold each year and the novel has been translated into more than forty languages worldwide. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as At...

Directed By: Mary McDonagh Murphy

Written By: Mary McDonagh Murphy

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83
May 27, 2011
Harper Lee hasn't been interviewed in 47 years, but this meditation on her only novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," puts you inside her skin.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
80
May 14, 2011
Though it's more than a little awestruck and feels padded even at 82 minutes, the story it tells remains completely fascinating
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
May 17, 2011
Hey, Boo solves the mystery of Boo, and also, to some degree, the mystery of Harper Lee. It's a fine film, well worth seeing.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
70
May 14, 2011
Occasionally borders on hagiography, but it nonetheless provides wonderful insights into the book's social and literary importance as well as its author's personality.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 1, 2011
Hey, Boo is the documentary equivalent of a group hug, right down to the segments showing middle schoolers in Westchester County, N.Y., and Birmingham, Ala., discussing the book in class.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
40
May 14, 2011
An unremarkable documentary about Harper Lee and her single literary masterwork, Hey, Boo features what the French call a "structuring absence," that of Lee herself.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
40
May 10, 2011
Famous fans (Rosanne Cash! Oprah!!!) attest to the book and film's greatness, but at best, this is a half-hour A&E Biography episode padded out to feature-length with forgetful trivia, frustratingly facile history lessons and far too much fawning.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Release Date May 13, 2011
Duration 1 h 18 m
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