The Crucible, the movie version, was produced in order to pay tribute and shed more light on the catastrophic witch trials during the late 1600's. Previously to the movie, Author Miller wrote a novel to portray the events that had unfolded in Salem, Massachusetts. I found that the movie tried too hard to stay true to the novel and was ultimately limited in it's abilities to deliver an interesting and crowd pleasing movie. To make …showed first 75 words of 790 total…

…showed last 75 words of 790 total…enough to save the plot, which was interesting on the surface but at the core, it was way too simple to generate excitement. In conclusion, I would not recommend the crucible as the movie because it lacked characters and wasn't exciting to watch. The only way that I would recommend this movie is as an informational device that would be used in supplement for not wanting to read the book. <Tab/>