Anora

I don't understand at all how this got 5 Oscar's this year. I'm watching for the first time as it has now hit streaming and I was left very confused. It was slow in the first half, picked up a little in the second and then the last half went back to being slow. A lot of scenes were super drawn out, there was no need for the film to be as long as it was. We got absolutely no back story on Anora at all which is what I was waiting for. Don't get me wrong, Mikey Madison isn't a bad actress but I was waiting for more. For the most part she just cursed, showed her body and screamed a lot. I didn't really see a performance worth best actress, even though her performance wasn't terrible. The script also wasn't that good, there were a lot of pieces that were overly repetitive and the characters were pretty much one dimensional. I guess the audience is left to use our imagination but I wish we were given more for the runtime.

My expectations were high, solely based on the fact that it somehow, probably by error, won the majestic Palme d'Or. Every film that previously won the Palme d'Or has at worst been mediocre, but never a chronically awful waste of time movie. Mostly Palme d'Or winners are absolute classics. Who to blame? The 2024 Jury? Yes probably. Definitely. The acting kept sinking to new lows in every scene. Not one of the actors delivered a credible performance. The stereotyping was unfounded unresearched BS. I am not even disappointed for having wasted 2 hours of my life on this garbage, I'm just flabbergasted how this could have made the shortlist to Cannes film festival, or any other festival for that matter. I will keep a mental note of all cast and writers, director etc associated with this garbage production to make sure I don't waste my time having to sit through such appalling productions again.

Overrated and boring. Gratuitous nudity and sex scenes with a ton of fluff and fill dialogue. I'm not exactly sure what people were seeing when they gave it a great review, but there was only one solid takeaway from this movie, and that is that Mikey Madison can act. Caveat to that opinion is that specifics of her character can become quite annoying. You'll have to see it to understand exactly what I'm saying without giving any spoilers away. The movie starts out strong and sets itself up pretty well, only to come crashing down not even half way through. If you're not that curious of a movie buff, then you definitely won't regret passing on this one.

It flies by with a certain brilliance and salty humor during the first 3 quarters of an hour of the film, after that, you get bored stiff for almost an hour due to the lack of a captivating scenario, then we end up with a rather unpleasant melodrama.

Too much length, really: the director seems to have been sooooo satisfied with his actors that he didn't cut several interminable and very boring periods of tracking between the different protagonists. This is really the film's biggest weak point: the director gets drunk on his own virtuosity and ends up telling nothing exciting. Too bad.

Yet it is this film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year...

I watched this yesterday, just before the Oscar awards were announced.

70% is sexual activity/nudity/porn like behavior 20% is fights/throwing and breaking things/yelling 10% is soap/crying

Not sure at all why this movie was granted so many awards. In so many categories. Especially for the best movie and the best actress. To me it was trashy, uninteresting and even boring at times. The only interesting part was when the parents came to US and took care of the business. The woman in the leading role is average looking at best with no acting skills, no aura, no charisma.

If you like trashy movies then this one will be for you. I would give 4 out of 10 at best.