Nightmare Alley

"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 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" 

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" 

"A beautiful-looking film and an oddly forgettable one, maybe because borrowed material is no match for the ingenious creations of del Toro's own mind" 

"Del Toro is a world builder, but he can have a tough time bringing his creations to life, which is the case here despite the hard work of his fine cast."