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‘Nightmare Alley’ review: Bradley Cooper’s best performance ever

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The Shape of Water,” he won the Best Picture Oscar.His latest, “Nightmare Alley,” probably won’t, but it is nonetheless a far more entertaining and satisfying film than its overrated science-fiction predecessor.

The sinister carnival sideshow look is alluring, a perfect match for subversive del Toro. A long list of major stars are doing exciting work.

And, most importantly, there are no sea-monster sex scenes.In a career-best performance, Bradley Cooper plays Stanton, a lost soul who winds up working at a circus after helping the owner (Willem Dafoe) get rid of a violent “Geek.”Stanton becomes a barker for a medium, Zeena the Seer (Toni Collette), and she teaches him the sneaky tricks of the trade.

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