Review of Nightmare Alley (2021) by Parqer — 24 Jan 2023

Why spending so much time building the carnival world to drop it later et turn it into another movie?

This review of Nightmare Alley (2021) was written by Parqer on 24 Jan 2023.

Nightmare Alley has generally received positive reviews.

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By Navybean (60) on 31 Jan 2022

So looooooong. So predictable. So nonsensical. Looks nice. I love Del Toro but there was no need for this movie to have been made…

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Exceptional directing, acting, and production design is not enough to save Nightmare Alley from its massive flaws - poor pacing, shallow characterization,…

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