Nightmare Alley

"A beautiful ride that's missing the heart (...) It's like two sets of puzzle pieces, that, beautiful as they are, can't be forced together" 

"A gorgeous, fantastically sinister moral fable about the cruel predictability of human nature (...) It very well could be the best movie del Toro (...) the movie ranks as the most stunning modern noir to behold since Brian De Palma’s 'The Untouchables'." 

"A great, great movie about some bad, bad people (...) Filled with juicy performances and unforgettable visuals, 'Nightmare Alley' is one of the best films of the year (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"With a semi-playful nod to the 1945 film Detour (...) Nightmare Alley pays tribute to noir. But it’s also its own dark snow globe, luminous and finely faceted, and one of del Toro’s most fluent features" 

"It’s [Del Toro’s] most strikingly beautiful film yet (...) a curious misfire, overlong and overstretched, working only in all-too-brief bursts (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"It marries the despair of Gresham’s superb, unsparing novel with the creepy angularity of Edmund Goulding’s film version. And it features a terrific, multitextured performance by Bradley Cooper" 

"Del Toro sets aside his fascination with exotic creatures and strange beings for a study of some real-life monsters in Nightmare Alley, a noir richer in mood than compelling characters"