Anora2024

Watched a movie after 50 days or so and couldn’t have asked for a better start. It’s literally everything that I had not hoped for. Expectation was - Feel good unusual romantic drama but what I got - Unusual, ofcourse but constantly surprising with the way it was written. Never expected it to go “madcap comedy” way and the way it escalates into this was absolutely hilarious/bonkers. Mikey Madison was brilliant but equally the whole Russian gang were too good - especially Garnick and Toros characters were massively entertaining. Sean Baker has also become one of those special directors who rarely disappoints. Best thing about this film is how seamlessly it escalates into a Madcap comedy from Romantic and then hitting us hard in those last few moments Chef’s kiss  SPOILERS BELOW -  Only thing that made me not give it 5/5 was that, after the 3rd act, the spontaneity in the comedy turned into an “average comedy writing” that was bit stereotypical just when Ivan’s parents land. I didn’t like the way those characters were portrayed. They got all other Russian characters so right, but this sudden mediocrity in parents felt off. Thankfully not for long.