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Summary:
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Director:
Guillermo del Toro
Writers:
Guillermo Del Toro, Kim morgan, William Lindsay Gresham (novel by)
Cast:
- Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle
- Cater Blanchett as Dr. Lillith Ritter
- Toni Collette as Zeena the Seer
- Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoatley
- Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle
- Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill
- Ron Perlman as Bruno
- Mary Steenburgen as Mrs. Kimball
- David Strathairn as Pete
-- Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 70
VOD: Theaters
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% (7.00 in average rating) with 6 top critic reviews
Metacritic: 71/100 (11 critics)
As with other movies, the scores are set to change as time passes. Meanwhile, I'll post some short reviews on the movie.
> A gorgeous, fantastically sinister moral fable about the cruel predictability of human nature and the way entire systems — from carnies and con men to shrinks and Sunday preachers — are engineered to exploit it.
> Stunningly-detailed, with an A-list cast up and down the line, it’s a gorgeous and gloomy dip into the dark side, immersive and bleak from start to finish.
-Roger Moore, Movie Nation: 3.5/4
> With a semi-playful nod to the 1945 film Detour and more than a few rain-drenched streets, 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.
-Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
> This sordid excavation into the hollowness of a human soul is a strange fit for a director who’s spent his career searching for magic in the darkest margins of our world, but del Toro’s natural empathy for even the most damnable creatures he finds there sparks new life into “Nightmare Alley” as it narrows towards its inevitable dead end.
-David Ehrlich, Indiewire: Grade B
> The period details are impeccable, the look and feel are seductive, but the muddled script lacks the killer instinct of its central figures.
> From a rain-soaked carnival midway to a glossy, Art Deco therapist’s office, everything in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley looks gorgeous. There just doesn’t seem to be a lot going on under the art direction.
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2021: #225
Total reviewed for this sub: #440
TSPDT 2500, highest ranking 2081 in 2015; Director: Edmund Goulding; Writer: Jules Furthman, William Lindsay Gresham (Novel); Watched November 30th on the Criterion Channel (Spine 1078) IMDB
111 minutes. Wow, this really unravels.
I don’t know how to talk about this without spoilers, but I’ll do my best. This is essentially a rise and fall story and both heights are pushed to the extreme. Our protagonist, Stan, starts out working as an emcee at a carnival and gets the inside scoop on how Joan Blondell works the crowd as a mentalist. It turns out he’s pretty good at it and, by the second act, he is being offered untold riches to build himself a spiritual temple and heal people’s souls.
A couple of problems with this path for Stan. There is a really interesting discussion here around the limits of ego. What’s the difference between ambition and blind greed? When is magic and the mentalist practice entertaining and when is it harmful? Can anyone be trusted to know the difference? Stan finds a way to justify everything he does. There is a part of him that honestly believes he is working for the good of the world, but an equal part that is enjoying the financial benefits of his skill. But he has built an entire career on sand and he is at the mercy of people not understanding how he knows the things he knows.
>!So when a psychologist friend, played by Helen Walker in an amazing performance, turns his world upside down and threatens his entire livelihood simply by exposing him, he loses all sense of self and descends into madness and alcoholism. Immediately. The movie also picks up pace as it goes along so the last act feels like a train or car that loses all control and is headed downhill right into a large barrel of explosives. It’s quite remarkable how they pull it off, it actually felt like the ending to Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World except they switched out screwball comedy for personal tragedy and destruction.!<
For me this film worked on almost every level. The excitement of watching Stan rise as a premiere mentalist balanced out the dramatic parts of the film and the supporting characters were all excellent. A fantastic watch.
Er sieht aus wie Film Noir, auch wenn er in Farbe ist. Bradley Cooper spielt die Hauptrolle in Guillermo del Toros neuem übernatürlichen Thriller NIGHTMARE ALLEY, der auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von William Lindsay Gresham aus dem Jahr 1947 basiert.
https://phantanews.de/wp/2021/11/trailer-guillermo-del-toros-nightmare-alley/
That's it, that's the post... is anyone as shocked as I am right now?
I absolutely love Del Toro and all of his movies, Pans Labyrinth being my number 1. Nightmare Alley is extremely close to that spot. The whole movie was just a mixture of emotions, visually pleasing and a bunch of absolutely enjoyable twists at the end. I hope that it gets nominated for an award and if it doesn’t I would be surprised!
If anyone else has seen it what are y’all’s opinions?
Case in point: Guillermo del Toro’s star-studded crime thriller “Nightmare Alley,” which launched in fifth place to a muted $3 million from 2,145 theaters. It’s a rough start for a movie that reportedly carries a $60 million price tag, the most money that Searchlight Pictures, the studio behind “Nightmare Alley,” has ever spent on a film.
Regrettably, I have only seen two films from last year: Dune and The Green Knight. I wish I had seen more, but the films I was interested in were either not showing in my nearby theatre or I didn’t have the time to watch them.
I am definitely interested in watching Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, and The French Dispatch, but I was wondering if there are any others that are definitely worth seeking out (I am not too keen on Marvel/DC movies). Thanks!
Rooney Mara gets 6th under Richard Jenkins, just above the Pearlmen/Steambergen split card, and without an "and" credit?
She's the films leading lady! Did... did her agent just forget to negotiate?
While everyone else saw that movie about Zendaya and her incredibly extra boyfriend (?) bending the space time continuum to get in to MIT; I saw Nightmare Alley, which made me smile.
Thoughts? It's a lot better than what some people are saying, I think, it feels even breezy for a 2.5 hour movie. In fact I'd say it's his best flick since Pan's Labyrinth maybe.
Thinking about going to the movies tomorrow night to pair a second screening of Sing 2 with another movie. Which one do you guys think would be the better one to watch sooner in theaters?
Rotten Tomatoes: 69% (6.60 in average rating) with 13 top critic reviews
Metacritic: 69/100 (8 critics)
As with other movies, the scores are set to change as time passes. Meanwhile, I'll post some short reviews on the movie.
> A gorgeous, fantastically sinister moral fable about the cruel predictability of human nature and the way entire systems — from carnies and con men to shrinks and Sunday preachers — are engineered to exploit it.
> Stunningly-detailed, with an A-list cast up and down the line, it’s a gorgeous and gloomy dip into the dark side, immersive and bleak from start to finish.
-Roger Moore, Movie Nation: 3.5/4
> With a semi-playful nod to the 1945 film Detour and more than a few rain-drenched streets, 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.
-Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
> This sordid excavation into the hollowness of a human soul is a strange fit for a director who’s spent his career searching for magic in the darkest margins of our world, but del Toro’s natural empathy for even the most damnable creatures he finds there sparks new life into “Nightmare Alley” as it narrows towards its inevitable dead end.
-David Ehrlich, Indiewire: Grade B
> The period details are impeccable, the look and feel are seductive, but the muddled script lacks the killer instinct of its central figures.
> From a rain-soaked carnival midway to a glossy, Art Deco therapist’s office, everything in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley looks gorgeous. There just doesn’t seem to be a lot going on under the art direction.
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"Nightmare Alley" is an American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro.
The starring cast includes Bradley Cooper as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle, Cate Blanchett as Lilith Ritter, Toni Collette as Zeena Krumbein, Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoately, Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle, Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill, Ron Perlman as Bruno, David Strathairn as Pete Krumbein, Mary Steenburgen as Miss Harrington, Holt McCallany as Anderson and others.
Film overview: full trailer, plot summary, actors cast, release date:
***"Nightmare Alley" Movie 2021***
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"Nightmare Alley" is an American psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro.
The starring cast includes Bradley Cooper as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle, Cate Blanchett as Lilith Ritter, Toni Collette as Zeena Krumbein, Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoately, Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle, Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill, Ron Perlman as Bruno, David Strathairn as Pete Krumbein, Holt McCallany as Anderson, Mary Steenburgen as Miss Harrington and others.
Film overview: full trailer, plot summary, actors cast, release date:
***"Nightmare Alley" Movie 2021***
#NightmareAlley, #GuillermodelToro, #BradleyCooper, #CateBlanchett, #ToniCollette, #WillemDafoe, #RooneyMara, #RonPerlman, #RichardJenkins, #DavidStrathairn, #HoltMcCallany, #MarySteenburgen, #TimBlakeNelson, #JimBeaver, #PaulAnderson
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