Nightmare Alley (2021)

[nialla42]

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Guillermo Del Toro's latest is based on the 1946 novel of the same name, and is the second adaptation after a 1947 film. Del Toro always has a thing for monsters, but there are no literal ones in this one. As always, the human ones are the worst monsters

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[superbadgirl]

Saw this in the theater when I was limited in my ability to be in public thanks to COVID exposure and I knew what was coming a mile away. Stylistically, of course, it is beautiful. But I wouldn't have ever considered it Oscar nomination worthy!

[nialla42]

The visuals were amazing, but the plot was relatively standard. I think the Oscar nomination is more about style anyway.