Anora

Late Tuesday afternoon, Sharon and I saw Anora at the Cinemark Century Arden. This is part of our annual journey to see all of the films that might be nominated for an Oscar. GoldDerby currently has Anora with the highest Best Picture Odds.

Anora is a romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Sean Baker. It stars Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn. It features a supporting cast of Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov.

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

I didn't enjoy the movie and don't recommmend it. The second half of the movie is very tedious. While I think that Mikey Madison might be nominated for Best Actress, I am surprised that movie has the highest odds for best picture on Goldderby. Of the movies that we have seen, I still think that Sing Sing is the best. Anora would fall way behind Dune: Part Two and Conclave.