Review of Nightmare Alley (2021) by Justin Chang for Los Angeles Times — 16 Dec 2021
It’s a film noir in much the same way that “Crimson Peak” was a horror movie: Feverishly and often magnificently overwrought, it treats its genre less as a template to be followed than a lavish funhouse in which to run amok.
Its characters, tropes and archetypes, convincing enough on their own, take on even richer dimensions when placed alongside their antecedents.
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This review of Nightmare Alley (2021) was written by Justin Chang and published by Los Angeles Times on 16 Dec 2021.
Nightmare Alley has generally received positive reviews.
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