Should you watch Nightmare Alley?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Nightmare Alley
Film · 2021
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
The sides of Nightmare Alley
- A drifter learning tricks at a carnival
- A mentalist act for the rich
- A psychologist more dangerous than him
Nightmare Alley is good for you if…
- you like Guillermo del Toro's carnivals and art deco offices.
- you like following Bradley Cooper as a con man you shouldn't trust.
- you can take a dark 1940s noir full of liars and drunks.
Nightmare Alley is bad for you if…
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
- you need a story that moves faster than this slow fall.
About: ambition · lies · fate
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