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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%, Metacritic 70/100. Scores higher than 81% of the 1,772 2020s crime movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic70/100
3,497 audience votes
Key crew
- Nathan JohnsonOriginal Music Composer
- Guillermo del ToroDirector
- Guillermo del ToroScreenplay
- Kim MorganScreenplay
Cast
- Bradley CooperStanton Carlisle
- Cate BlanchettDr. Lilith Ritter
- Toni ColletteZeena the Seer
- Willem DafoeClem Hoatley
- Richard JenkinsEzra Grindle
- Rooney MaraMolly Cahill
- Ron PerlmanBruno
- Mary SteenburgenMrs. Kimball
- David StrathairnPete
- Mark PovinelliThe Major
- Peter MacNeillJudge Kimball
- Holt McCallanyAnderson
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Themes
infidelitybased on novel or booklove triangletarot cardsmentorhustlerliesupernaturalcarnivalcon artistmurderfugitive
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