Willem dafoe looked like he was having fun and at the end of the day that’s all that matters

more like nightmare highway this movie is long bro

Such a relief to have GDT back making movies about how most people are inherently garbage.

cate blanchett playing a sexy villain again, hello lgbt community

There's an amazing movie in here somewhere

surprisingly riveting. the rise is just as thrilling as the fall and that’s all i really needed out of this to feel satisfied. should’ve never doubted gdt

There's a vibe here, but it's weirdly lifeless. Too much prestige, not enough noir, I think.

I remain almost completely allergic to the very pretty and profoundly boring work of Guillermo del Toro.

I didn’t love the constantly floating, wide-angle, shallow focus digital slickness (or find it very suited to the carny horror/noir images Del Toro is trafficking in) and think it’s kind of criminal how strangely passive and aimless Del Toro renders that first hour but won’t lie I was kinda won over in the 2nd half. Some really nice production design/location work, decent control of its grim tone, admirably mean and cruel treatment of its protagonist (which is inherent to the material being adapted rather than a distinct creative choice but effective nonetheless), and Cooper is genuinely good as money mindset Criss Angel mindfreak whose ultimate grift is going to therapy and convincing himself he’s more than the ugly things he’s willing to do to get a leg up on everyone else. There's also some additional gruesome, violent detail that gets added into the finale that I appreciated.

Rooney Mara tells her man it's cheat day, so she starts eating cake, and he starts seeing Cate