Review of The Crucible (1996) by Lloyd Rose for Washington Post — 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. Allen is such a purse-mouthed wife that you see why her husband ran to Ryder's nubile temptress (Hytner keeps turning Allen sideways, as if to emphasize that she has no chest).
Ryder might as well have S-L-U-T tattooed on her forehead. None of these performers is bad, but what they're doing is shallow and ultimately uninteresting.
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This review of The Crucible (1996) was written by Lloyd Rose and published by Washington Post on 01 Jan 2000.
The Crucible has generally received positive reviews.
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