Nightmare Alley

Ulkar Alakbarova of Movie Moves Me

2021-12-05

But apart from the stellar performances, it’s the technicality of the film that is so strong, you can hardly find something else that beats it. The visual effects, cinematography, editing and direction are top level. Read more

Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen of I'm Jeffrey Rex

2022-03-27

It’s a fascinating film about the power of suggestion, deception, mentalism, and drifters, and it deserves a lot of praise for its brilliant production design, which has helped to make it one of the best-looking films of 2021. Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2021-12-22

There’s nothing really groundbreaking here, even considering that this dark and lurid thriller comes from a director who has firmly established himself as an innovator. Nightmare Alley plays more like an ever-shifting, lopsided endeavor that finds the right magic to catch us in a villainously astute manner. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2022-01-17

Despite its lengthy running time and the addition of several pointless new scenes, del Toro's Nightmare Alley feels like it's missing a few scenes necessary to detail Stan's moral disintegration... Read more

The Massie Twins of Gone With The Twins

2021-12-02

Sadly, the setting is too straightforward and grounded for del Toro to infuse much of his signature styling – though the carnival sets and the foggy atmosphere are appropriate milieus for the foreboding activities of deception and destruction. Read more