Non-director's cut needed
This bloated mammoth has swallowed a good, lean 90 minute movie.
At its core, you can actually find some social commentary and relatability: the jaded young woman who thinks her body is her only asset - but beneath the street smart exterior is a vulnerable naif, who wants to believe she too could have a Disney princess ending.
That however has been buried under a 90's rap video megamix, with interminable marathon of partying, gangsters, winding and grinding. When something finally happens plot-wise - the kidnapping and the chase - that too drags on and on, very loudly.
And why does Anora make her choices? In this voyeristic ad for fantasy strip club employment, you only have beautiful, healthy, fun colleagues, polite clients, and an understanding boss you lightheartedly negotiate your schedules with. What then is the urgency for Anora to escape that?
Anora is left somewhere in the sidelines of men partying, men chasing, men talking. Who is she? I feel I now know more about the bit part character Igor (e.g. Anora is barely onsceen during the last night at mansion).
The film is a perfect example of why you should never let one person script, direct and edit their film.
At its core, you can actually find some social commentary and relatability: the jaded young woman who thinks her body is her only asset - but beneath the street smart exterior is a vulnerable naif, who wants to believe she too could have a Disney princess ending.
That however has been buried under a 90's rap video megamix, with interminable marathon of partying, gangsters, winding and grinding. When something finally happens plot-wise - the kidnapping and the chase - that too drags on and on, very loudly.
And why does Anora make her choices? In this voyeristic ad for fantasy strip club employment, you only have beautiful, healthy, fun colleagues, polite clients, and an understanding boss you lightheartedly negotiate your schedules with. What then is the urgency for Anora to escape that?
Anora is left somewhere in the sidelines of men partying, men chasing, men talking. Who is she? I feel I now know more about the bit part character Igor (e.g. Anora is barely onsceen during the last night at mansion).
The film is a perfect example of why you should never let one person script, direct and edit their film.
- geegee-77661
- 30 mar 2025