Crucible Movie Review

The Crucible movie is adapted from the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. The film takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The main actors are Daniel Day-Lewis as Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail, Paul Scofield as Judge Danforth, Joan Allen as Elizabeth, Bruce Davison as Parris, and Rob Campbell as Hale. The movie was directed by Nicholas Hytner. This film is a drama. The movie and the play is based on the witch trials …

…a feeling in the movie. The movie made you really feel for the characters and get into what they were feeling. The extra scenes were also very helpful in terms of helping me understand some parts that were blurry in the play. Some of the acting was disappointing, but overall the I think the movie was much better then the book. It cleared out questions and brought out much more emotion then in the play.