Review of The Crucible (1996) by Donnie M — 08 Aug 2008

If you haven't seen this watch it! It's awesome!

This review of The Crucible (1996) was written by Donnie M on 08 Aug 2008.

The Crucible has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Crucible

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Noah W (151) on 01 Nov 2013

A really good movie and a very faithful adaptation to the play…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Matthew F. J (1,288) on 16 Jan 2014

One tough film about the witches hunt happening in Salem the 17th century. The story shows the devastating effects of a prank gone wrong…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Ryan Gilbey (367) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 06 Dec 2018

Perhaps understanding the distance that these fictional interpretations have created, The Crucible seems to invite a moral and emotional, rather…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Parker B (27) on 18 Mar 2017

A good, faithful adaptation. Not too bad, not great either, but enjoyable…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Misha Berson (19) for The Seattle Times (964) on 06 Aug 2022

In the end, the movie reaffirms the importance of standing up for truth, and not betraying one's friends - the two most obvious morals at hand,…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By James O (968) on 14 Jan 2018

A brilliant play brought to life on screen so well. Really enjoyed it, particularly Ryder who was superb as the ringleader…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Edmund S. Morgan (1) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 02 Mar 2018

The clarity of the direction and the quality of the acting make it the best rendition of the author's work that any of us is likely to see…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Allen G (306) on 29 Jan 2016

The Crucible follows the story of the Salem witch trials that occurred in the the late 1600's and caused many casualties due to paranoid thoughts…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Cassandra L (40) on 13 Nov 2013

On a matter of perspective, I found it extremely melodramatic…

Read Review

Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Ethan O (1) on 26 Nov 2016

Hardly an entertaining or so called 'fun' film but truly an intense & gripping film that captured the hysteria of the Witch Hunt era of Salem…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Heavenly Creatures (1994)

By Carlos R (1,175) on 14 Sep 2010

This film has little enough charm: it's overlong, character development is replaced by screaming and girning…

Read Review

Review of Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

By Pault. (4) on 19 Dec 2006

Sickly as opposed to visually stunning, Little plot no character dev, and a terrible ending made me feel cheated when the film seemed to accidently…

Read Review

Review of A Few Good Men (1992)

By Konrad A (604) on 14 Mar 2017

For having it be a drama movie it's not good Plus this movie seems too serious and it can't be funny with too much arguing which I think makes…

Read Review

Review of Law of Desire (1987)

By Luciano E (56) on 29 Apr 2008

Horrible.Almodovar has never been so bad like in this movie.A crazy plot,in wich some characters make actions that aren't compatible with they…

Read Review

Review of Pandora's Box (1929)

By Rachel G (314) on 30 Nov 2007

Terribly long, and the story is confusing. Also, the music doesn't fit the scenes it accompanies at all…

Read Review

Review of His Girl Friday (1940)

By Graham N (62) on 09 Mar 2018

Fast talking and making no sense whatsoever…

Read Review

Review of The Virgin Suicides (2000)

By Jim Bartoo (3) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 03 Apr 2001

Spunky directing debut by Sofia Coppola unfortunately plays like after-school special…

Read Review

Review of Heading South (2006)

By Georger. (13) on 22 Jul 2006

Great fertile material, excavated wonderfully for the first forty minutes and then it completely pooped out on itself, becoming laughably bad…

Read Review

Review of Death and the Maiden (1994)

By Susan B (339) on 28 Feb 2009

Great setup, but the writing is terrible. This is adapted from a play, and film is much less forgiving of psychological inconsistency…

Read Review

Review of Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

By Broyax (884) on 10 Jun 2022

Je ne crois pas que ce livre (qui remonte au XVIIIème siècle) soit vraiment adaptable, ni au théâtre, ni au grand écran… ni ailleurs,…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Crucible

1996

72%468 Reviews

Sweet Dreams

1981

76%71 Reviews

Dark Water

2007

50%467 Reviews

Horrible Bosses

2011

67%979 Reviews

Hellraiser

1987

70%858 Reviews

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

2011

73%996 Reviews

Get Shorty

1995

74%530 Reviews

Bright

2017

61%1,573 Reviews

The A-Team

2010

62%962 Reviews

The Bounty

1984

65%184 Reviews