Review – The Crucible

Many years ago my wife and I first met in a high school production of this Arthur Miller classic, so I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the play. But that only goes so far. This film version is badly infected with scenery-chewing celebrities, particularly Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. Perhaps they should have aimed this at Broadway where such play-it-for-the-back-row performances would have been more at home. Acting aside, the story remains a poignant portrait of the potentially evil effects of mass hysteria. Mildly amusing