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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 13 Dec 2021

Some moviegoers will be repelled – there was only a smattering of light applause during the film’s Toronto premiere, which was filled with…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Dec 2021

It’s [Del Toro’s] most strikingly beautiful film yet, a velvety, precisely styled noir with the year’s most impressively stacked cast…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 Dec 2021

Guillermo del Toro's remake of Nightmare Alley is less a living and breathing movie than a fossilized riff on the idea of a movie, particularly…

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By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Dec 2021

Film noir is a cynical genre, and the script makes gestures toward establishing that these characters live in a cold world where nothing matters…

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By Amelia Emberwing (14) for IGN (1,013) on 02 Dec 2021

Despite a bit of an imbalance between its first and third acts, Nightmare Alley delivers a delightfully meaty neo-noir packed with solid performances…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Dec 2021

Nightmare Alley is both a beautiful-looking film and an oddly forgettable one, maybe because borrowed material is no match for the ingenious…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Dec 2021

A gorgeous, fantastically sinister moral fable about the cruel predictability of human nature and the way entire systems — from carnies and…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 02 Dec 2021

A wickedly enjoyable tale of freak shows, dark and stormy nights, innocent dames, morally bankrupt schemers, and a femme fatale to die for…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 02 Dec 2021

With a semi-playful nod to the 1945 film Detour and more than a few rain-drenched streets, Nightmare Alley pays tribute to noir…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence (296) on 02 Dec 2021

It may not have the sharp edges of a classic ’40s noir, but del Toro’s softer touch invites us in like one of Stan’s credulous marks…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 02 Dec 2021

The period details are impeccable, the look and feel are seductive, but the muddled script lacks the killer instinct of its central figures…

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By Marya E. Gates (65) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Dec 2021

Bloated at nearly 140 minutes with Cooper clearly miscast in the lead, it struggles to maintain urgency…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 01 Dec 2021

Stunningly-detailed, with an A-list cast up and down the line, it’s a gorgeous and gloomy dip into the dark side, immersive and bleak from…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 01 Dec 2021

This sordid excavation into the hollowness of a human soul is a strange fit for a director who’s spent his career searching for magic in…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 01 Dec 2021

From a rain-soaked carnival midway to a glossy, Art Deco therapist’s office, everything in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley looks gorgeous…

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