miserable and off the wall film deal with arthur miller suppose masterpiece . let get something straight . this idea that the idea of the film be to emulate the witch hunt of the 1950s be absolutely ridiculous . it a totally different genre and people and place and misery . be we to believe that daniel day lewis and joan allen be the equivalent of julius and ethel rosenberg . be we to believe that allen be not to be put to death for practice witchcraft right away because she be with child and we know the church position on abortion . with it all and there be a very good performance by paul scofield a the chief magistrate . hypocrisy be show by most of the character here and especially bruce davison . he portray a priest who be as phony a they come . i love the way the town people turn on one another . perhaps and elia kazan should have direct this film . among other thing and this film be boring and winona ryder scream like the holy lunatic she be suppose to be . what so magnificent about daniel day lewis here .