Review of Nightmare Alley (2021) by Kim Hughes for Original-Cin — 16 Dec 2021
Visually opulent as only a Guillermo del Toro movie can be with gorgeously detailed, period-perfect costumes and interiors and a marquee cast, the noir thriller Nightmare Alley checks all the grand boxes of the genre.
Yet the film feels emotionally inert, stacked with unsympathetic, strangely uncharismatic characters that defy empathy. Or worse: defy abiding interest.
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This review of Nightmare Alley (2021) was written by Kim Hughes and published by Original-Cin on 16 Dec 2021.
Nightmare Alley has generally received positive reviews.
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