Nightmare Alley (2021). Movie Reviews

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 movie directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett. With Rooney Mara, Toni Collette and Willem Dafoe.

It’s a remake of the 1947 movie starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell.

Plot

This tale of seduction and treachery follows a former carnival worker (Bradley Cooper) as he teams up with a psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) to con millionaires… A remake of the 1947 film. (Filmaffinity)

Movie Reviews

• “Bradley Cooper’s best performance ever (…) It is a far more entertaining and satisfying film than its overrated science-fiction predecessor (…) A long list of major stars are doing exciting work (…) Rating: ???½ (out of 4)” Johnny Oleksinski: New York Post 

“A gorgeous, fantastically sinister moral fable about the cruel predictability of human nature (…) It very well could be the best movie del Toro (…) the movie ranks as the most stunning modern noir to behold since Brian De Palma’s ‘The Untouchables’.” Clayton Davis: Variety 

• “A great, great movie about some bad, bad people (…) Filled with juicy performances and unforgettable visuals, ‘Nightmare Alley’ is one of the best films of the year (…) Rating: ???½ (out of 4)” Richard Roeper: Chicago Sun-Times 

Our Opinion

A visual feast.

Release Date

December 17, 2021 (in the United States).

Movie Trailer

Cast & Crew