“Anora” is a fairy tale that spoils. An exotic dancer from Brighton Beach, Anora gets paired one evening with a young man who requests a Russian speaker. They hit it off and embark on a hedonistic, joyous journey together until his oligarch parents get wind of their relationship and demand its end.
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For as crass and ugly and reckless as it all is, it’s also something of a joy bomb to watch Ani and Ivan indulge in the youthful hedonism of unlimited funds — there’s drugs, champagne, private jets, luxury suites and, perhaps most importantly, they’re having fun. When he proposes and they marry on an impromptu trip to Las Vegas, you almost believe it could work.
who goes home to Texas, he finds wonder, beauty, dark humor and truth in the ugly, the unseen and the unheard. The milieus are gritty, not something anyone would be bragging about on Instagram, and yet feel endlessly more authentic than some other filmmakers indulging in poverty porn. The biggest handicap of “Anora” is perhaps the hurdle of preconceptions. It seems almost too ‘90s for a young actor’s big, serious, awards-buzzy breakthrough to come from getting naked and dancing on a pole. And yet in the hands of Baker and Madison, it works: “Anora” both embraces and transcends the cliches. It’s not trying to pretend that it’s not exploitative on some level; that might even be the point.
“Anora,” a Neon release in select theaters Friday and expanding in the coming weeks, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “strong sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, and drug use.” Running time: 138 minutes. Four stars out of four.
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