Movie Review: Anora (2025) seen in theatres

Drama: not recommended for young children; strong sexuality and graphic nudity, sexual situations, strong coarse language throughout including some profanity which can be viewed as sexual, scenes depicting racism, extreme violence, scenes depicting alcohol and drug use, scenes of public intoxication, scenes with racial profanity throughout, scenes discussing possible rape or sexual assault, scenes with threaten law enforcement, some emotional scenes

Anora is a female stripper, (who goes by Annie throughout the film,) who legally marries one of her male clients after a one night stand with him only to find herself in a battle with the boy’s disapproving parents who believe the marriage isn’t real and fight to get it annulled at any cost.

This was one of those films that I was never into until just recently when I found what it was about. As a current single guy whose preferred genre is rom coms, I thought this movie would be perfect for me. It surprised me when I found out that my mother actually wanted to see it as well as she is normally against movie with strong sexual scenes. I think this is because of my mindset afterwards. I think she would assume I would not need the popcorn I normally get as my mind is focused on the screen during movies of a sexual nature. While I will say that this movie definitely delivered in the first half an hour in terms of what I assumed it to be, with her having no clothes on and going from one gut to the next, pretty much establishing her status as a slut in my eyes, (pardon my own profanity but it’s true,) while each of these scenes made me question more and more about how mom would have enjoyed this given how much sex there was. However, towards the middle, the sex scenes became more and more dull with just some seductive dancing and a scene cut every time she started having sex. From that point on, it became less about her being a stripper and more about her fight to prove the legality of the marriage and trying to change the mind of the boy’s disapproving parents.

One fault that this movie has is it’s focus on other languages throughout. Most of this movie was spoken in Russian and even French and had subtitles. This made certain parts of the movie hard to understand. Also, I did not like the man who told her off numerous times throughout this film as he tried to convince her to not go through with the marriage. He was arrogant and had a big mouth. This just goes to show what most people are like when they are rich. They simply do not take no for an answer and look down on others who may have less than they do, ETC.

On a personal level, this movie taught me something useful that could have helped me in my first relationship as a teenager and may help me when I finally do find another girlfriend. You see, one of the things I protested during my first relationship, (which actually lead to the downfall of it,) was the amount of time and effort mom put into spending time with her. This was because I was unsure of her true intentions which ultimately lead to us breaking up. However, it taught me that having approval of your parents when you bring home a girl can pretty much determine whether or not the relationship lasts. Mom spent time with my girlfriend as a means of showing her approval of the fact that we were together…..something I completed misinterpreted as far as her intentions were concerned. If I had just let things go and not protested so much, my ex and I could have been married which is a situation that mom thought would occur as far as we were concerned. Well in this movie, the mother of the boy insulted Annie throughout their scenes together and completely showed her disapproval of their relationship causing it to end. As upsetting as that was to see, I finally understood what my mother was trying to do when I had my first relationship. She really believed that my ex and would be together forever and she was trying to make sure it lasted by doing what she did. I learned that when you’re as young as the boy was in the movie, relationships have to go through the parents. If they don’t approve, it’s not happening and this is what happened by the end of this film. While I can never undo what occurred the first time around, I can damn sure make up for it when I find my girlfriend this time by understanding what mom is trying to do if she spends more time with her. She’s doing it for me to show that she accepts my decision to date the girl I want to date. If anything, I shouldn’t be fighting this. I should be happy because it means it should last a long time.

Despite this movie having some faults, it will still receive a good score not just for the lesson that it indirectly taught me but because Annie was really hot and for what it’s worth, she did have a nice body. Since it didn’t work with the boy in the movie, I wonder if she would ever be open to visiting me for a night. I can just imagine the fan fare and respect I would get from people if this was the case. This was a great movie.

Movie rating: 20 out of 20

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