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Anora
2024 139 min United States of America R 18+
★8.0
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director: Sean Baker
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Description
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Budget:
$6M
US Gross:
$20.47M
Worldwide:
$56.29M
Starring
Mikey Madison
Actor
Paul Weissman
Actor
Lindsey Normington
Actor
Awards
BAFTA 2025
— Best Actress
BAFTA 2025
— Best Casting
Cannes Film Festival 2024
— Palme d'Or
BAFTA 2025
— Best Casting
BAFTA 2025
— Best Film Editing
Golden Globe 2025
— Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Cannes Film Festival 2024
— Palme d'Or
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2025
— Best Actress
Academy Awards 2025
— Best Picture
Academy Awards 2025
— Best Actress
Academy Awards 2025
— Best Director
Academy Awards 2025
— Best Screenplay
Academy Awards 2025
— Best Film Editing
Golden Globe 2025
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 2025
— Best Director
Golden Globe 2025
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 2025
— Best Director
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2025
— Best Supporting Actor
César Awards 2025
— Best International Feature Film
BAFTA 2025
— Best Original Screenplay
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2025
— Best Cast Ensemble
BAFTA 2025
— Best Picture
BAFTA 2025
— Best Supporting Actor
Key opinion
Anora is a vibrant, genre-blending film that reimagines the classic "Pretty Woman" fairy tale through a gritty, contemporary lens of capitalism and sex work. While many praise its high-energy performances and thematic depth, opinions diverge on whether the shift from romantic comedy to frantic, slapstick-heavy drama is a rewarding evolution or a disappointing decline.
| Acting | Mikey Madison delivers a commanding, multi-layered performance that grounds the film's shift between fantasy and harsh reality. | |
| Theme | Sean Baker effectively uses the film to critique contemporary capitalism and the dehumanization of service workers within wealthy social circles. | |
| Acting | Yuri Borisov’s nuanced, melancholic portrayal of an immigrant fixer is widely considered a highlight of the ensemble cast. | |
| Screenplay | The film's tone is polarizing: some appreciate the wild, tragicomic blend of genres, while others find the transition into frantic, slapstick-leaning conflict to be jarring and implausible. | |
| Acting | The performance of Mark Eydelshteyn as the erratic, "infant-major" oligarch's son receives conflicting feedback, with some seeing his inertness as a perfect character choice and others labeling it a weak performance. | |
| Pacing | The three-hour runtime and shift in focus toward the final act lead to disagreements, with some feeling the film loses momentum and suffers from repetitive search-heavy sequences. |