I started to think that this movie was going to be like an episode of Seinfeld. it was so absurd and silly.
there weren't laughs. No bass. No commercials.
I liked the performances, but was left confused and unimpressed.
It felt like the filmmakers stole a bunch of material from different movies and the actors could feel it as they were acting.
Perhaps one of the hardest movies to follow, but a visual treat and a reminder that good photography goes a long way. Chloe Savigny is a delight speaking French that she learned phonetically at first.
Mikey Madison as Anora does the heavy lifting in this psychological thrilling, dark comedic drama. Mark Eydelshteyn as Vanya Zakharov successfully achieves what his character needed to communicate as a disturbingly rebellious son of the hyper rich.
Anora felt like a hyperbolic parable of adolescent mistakes, wins, failures, making stupid decisions, and figuring out how to learn from them or not. Add familial dynamics to that parable, and you have this amazing movie that deserves all its accolades.
Upon the…
I watched this Japanese film with a small group of cinema geeks via a watchparty. I watched enough of the trailer to know I wanted to see it. So I stayed up and watched it last night.
"The film follows five simultaneous, loosely linked plot lines, that intertwine and scramble together." – wikipedia.
Not gonna lie, it was a visual feast. Between reading the subs and soaking up the visuals and storylines, a first pass at this film is tough to…
