Anora

My amended review -

Anora

In cinemas now

After seeing Maria staring Angelina Jolie on the big cinema screen I thought I should see Anora on the same screen in fairness to Mikey Madison and the fact that she is nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Actress in a Leading role along with the movie itself which is up for Best Picture and Best Director for Sean Baker as well as Best Supporting Actor for Yura Borisov plus Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of a motion picture for Sean Baker.

Well have I altered my original rating or the comments I made in early January?

No not really Anora for me on the big screen was just as vulgar , loud and ugly only magnified a hundred times.

I did praise Mikey Maddison's performance in my January review however I haven't seen anything else she's appeared in so I have nothing that convinces me that she's not a one trick pony .

She may win an Oscar for playing Anora a promiscuous foul mouthed call girl who uses her body to convince the dumb self indulgent son of wealthy Russian oligarchs to marry her in Las Vegas then wonders why the boys equally vile parents wants the marriage annulled?

Anora is promoted as a comedy I didn't smile once it's just soft porn with the foulest language I've heard on screen for ages .

I'm not a prude I praised Nicole Kidman's Baby Girl it's probably just a generational thing but Anora didn't impress me at all.

There was only one character in the entire movie I liked and that was Igor played by Yura Borisov who is the only person in the movie to have any moral values or integrity .

I would be bitterly disappointed if Anora won the Best Picture of the year however I think Mikey Maddison gives a far superior acting performance than the Oscar favourite Demi Moore .

M Review Anora In Cinemas now My Rating 6/10

I have friends who really enjoyed this movie about a spoiled indulged brat and son of a wealthy Russian oligarch family who hooks up with a young prostitute and after a few lurid transactions proposes marriage .

Much to the horror of Mum and Dad who send a few henchmen to force the girl into an annulment.

One friend described the movie to me as a bit hectic but having pathos which was lost on me .

I just found it hectic and rather ugly having no empathy or interest for any of the characters at all.

Anora played well by an actress I don't know Mikey Madison is a foul mouthed opportunistic shrew her dim witted indulged husband Ivan played by Mark Eydelshteyn really irritated me.

Written and Directed by Sean Baker who wrote a favourite movie of mine The Florida Project 2017 disappointed me with this film but obviously it has a following with multiple Golden Globe nominations this week..