I was wondering what I was going to write about this movie. As I said, it looks great (especially on the big screen) and the cast (Cooper, Blanchett, Collette, Dafoe, Jenkins, Mara, Perlman and Steenburgen) all bring their “A” Game but I wasn’t shocked or surprised with the ending. But is that more my fault? Because I’ve got such an extensive history with these kind of stories, should I knock the movie? I’d be curious to know the reaction to this film by those who haven’t seen or read stories like this before.

Also, one of these days I should look up the original “Nightmare Alley” and see how it compares.