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Movie Review: NIGHTMARE ALLEY

By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 16, 2021
In Movie Reviews
Tagged Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, David Strathairn, Guillermo del Toro, Holt McCallany, Mary Steenburgen, Nightmare Alley, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Toni Collette, David Strathairn, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Holt McCallany

Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) has made many films about monsters, the macabre, and other unexplainable forces. His new film, Nightmare Alley, takes his audience back to the traveling carnival. Bradley Cooper leads an all-star cast as Stanton Carlisle. He enters the grounds of a traveling carnival admiring the crowds, the spectacles, and the cons at hand. He befriends a psychic and her magician husband who teach him the secrets of the trade. He falls in love with Rooney Mara’s character and the two of them hit the road for their own adventure. Two years later, Stanton has perfected his craft pulling a fast one over his wealthy clientele. That is until he meets his match in a psychologist played by Cate Blanchett.

Here’s my review

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