Mikey Madison is funny and heartbreaking as the titular stripper Anora.
FromTangerinetoRed Rocket, Baker has explored the hopes, dreams, and daily lives of sex workers.
ThinkPretty Womanwithout the fairy-tale luster.
Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’.Credit:Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection
She buys into the fantasy of her wealthy prince charming a bit too readily.
Ani wins us over from her first moments on screen, charming customers and droppings one-liners amidst lap dances.
They somehow manage to convey thuggish menace while remaining hopeless, bumbling fools.
Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’.Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection
If there are any faults toAnora,it is the film’s running time.
In short, she’s a human being.
This is no sob story about a poor girl forced to sell her body to survive.
Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’.Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection
Instead, it’s a sex-positive manifesto and a cautionary tale about trusting the rich.
Here, he makes an earnest plea for their right to dignity.
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Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’.Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection
