When a group of teenage girls is accused of witchcraft, they accuse various townspeople as having bewitched them. I want to repeat that the whole thing is worth it just to have a glimpse of Sophia Loren singing. The 1692 Salem witch trials are brought vividly to life in this compelling adaptation of Arthur Millers play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. As hysteria mounts, blameless victims are torn from their homes, leading to a devastating climax. I was reminded she was a sublime Sally Bowles in the first London production of "Cabaret" - Daniel Day Lewis has been one of my favourites for a long time now but here he is far too pale, inside and out. The 1692 Salem witch trials are brought vividly to life in this compelling adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. Nicole Kidman is starting to look like a wax work, what a pity! And Judi Dench is always fun. Penelope Cruz dances an erotic dance and Kate Hudson, well I don't quite know what she was doing. The look of it is great, and Marion Cotillard makes something enormous from the little she was given. Here the score is iffy and scarce and the story, translated into musical numbers is kind of shallow and, quite honestly, not enough. I knew I had to forget this was a musical adaptation of 81/2, but I couldn't forget the way I forgot that "Sweet Charity" was a musical remake of "The Nights Of Cabiria". Let me say off the bat that seeing Sophia Loren and Sophia Loren singing gave me a chill.
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