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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 16 Sep 2004

The Crucible, despite some damaging cuts to the text, is a seductively exciting film that crackles with visual energy, passionate provocation…

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By Judith Egerton (151) for Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (151) on 30 Jun 2004

Arthur Miller's story of hysteria, persecution and social injustice, is classy and powerful with some marvelous acting…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 15 Jun 2004

The Crucible earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Allen) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Miller), but it should have…

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By Alex Sandell (357) for Juicy Cerebellum (357) on 15 Jul 2003

Worth watching. Good message. Not such a good film…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 28 Aug 2002

Compels us to recognize the shadow side of our lives, including the evil inside us…

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Ray Greene (127) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 04 Jun 2002

A layered examination of mob hysteria and of the Puritan mindset on which America was founded and which still dictates so much of our belief…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Jan 2000

[The film] occasionally had me convulsed with laughter…

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jan 2000

The virtue of this play and the film of this play is that many readings and meanings are possible…

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By Lloyd Rose (5) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

Hytner has filled the cast with good actors, but he's used them in obvious ways. Day-Lewis is not required to be anything but noble…

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By Philip Thomas (21) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 01 Jan 2000

In this almost perfect screen adaptation, the lingering question is the most important one: what caused such madness…

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By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

The Crucible works wonders as a tragic romance, a stirring drama, and as a cautionary tale…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for Philadelphia City Paper (235) on 01 Jan 2000

Despite its lush appearance, however, this film version of the 1692 Salem witch hunts is as flimsy and hysterical as the play…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 01 Jan 2000

I remember thinking to myself halfway through that this show was such a hopeless mess that I would be unable to recommend it no matter how…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jan 2000

In this context, The Crucible very much becomes a story about a love affair gone bad and a young, solitary girl who uses the situation to advance…

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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

When you compare this story with more recent historical events, in which small American towns have been turned upside-down by prejudice and…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 01 Jan 2000

Handsome and impassioned, vigorously staged by the director of ''The Madness of King George,'' this ''Crucible'' is a reminder of the play's…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

While a little hampered by the 17th century prose, it remains a moving theatrical experience…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Jan 2000

A devastating story and a devastating film, writer Arthur Miller at his most powerful (adapting from his play) and director Nicholas Hytner…

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By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 07 Jan 1998

Hytner uses 360-degree camera turns and strange angle shots to inject this largely lifeless business with some drama…

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 13 Dec 1996

As vividly imagined as The Crucible is, it’s up to the actors to animate the stern Puritan cadences of Miller’s dialogue…

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