Anora: Academy Award winner with good strip club scenes and sex scenesAno

I didn't see it but this description makes it seem like an art house Pretty Woman and Pretty Woman sucked. And I have respect for everyone until they show me I shouldn't and its sad a movie is needed to create that.

^Pretty woman is a great movie. You need a romance transfusion bruh.

I look for things to like, even if not perfect rather than things to hate because they are not perfect. I too liked Pretty Woman.

Where did you see it?

Streaming on Amazon Prime

i liked Pretty Woman for what it was. Worth noting, I understand it was originally written as a grim, gritty drama, before Disney got hold of it and did their sappy Disney thing with it. I would like to have seen that version.

I've heard good things about Anora. Never heard of Mikey Madison before but she is pretty damn hot, and if there are good R rated SC and sex scenes then I'm motivated to stream it one of these days.

BTW, Showgirls was a terrible, terrible movie but the first half still lots of campy fun for all the full frontal stripping, sex and skinny dipping scenes with 19 year old Elizabeth Berkley, who was at least a 9. Once she actually moves from stripper to showgirl halfway through, It stopped being worth watching.

For what it's worth I liked both Pretty Woman and Showgirls. Elizabeth Barkley was very hot in Showgirls. Agree with Geordie that the second half of Showgirls was not nearly as good as first. It wasn't Academy Award material but I wax a frequent visitor to Las Vegas in the 80's and enjoyed the local scenes.

My favorite movie stripper was fit super milf Marissa Tomei in The Wrestler.

She’s so hot. You’re welcome: https://www.xvideos.com/video.uoecmkf2b3/marisa_tomei_striptease_in_the_wrestler

There are no clubs anywhere near me that are like the one in Anora. But she's decently hot, and the sex scenes were okay for a light R rating.

Besides whores, I love movies. I watched 5 of the Academy Award nominated movies. While I enjoyed Anora, I didn't think it was worthy of "best picture" because basically she just a whore that finesse a Russian billionaire's son. She never was in love with that kid, just in love with the money

Now the story of Emilia Perez was orginal. A transitioning murderous drug cartel member. Yeah, it's a musical, but I reward originality.

I agree with Garfield. Emilia Perez was a better movie than Anora. Actually, I also liked Conclave, which has an interesting ending.

But if (a big "if") Anora elevates the status and acceptability of sex workers, I'm happy with its recognition.

I saw the movie today. It's been released back to some theaters due to the Academy Awards victory I guess. The Strip club scenes are good. So is her side hustle as a pseudo escort. The movie itself was awful. 2 stars out of 5. Way too long. I'm glad I only paid the matinee senior ticket price. Decent size audience and a number were saying as we exited "what was that ".

@Electronman @59

I never viewed Anora/Ana as a sex worker. She was a stripper that would do extras. A sex worker is a bitch that works on Figueroa in LA or in the the De Wallen district in Amsterdam. She made most of her money dancing, not getting pounding out. Them hoez at HK service about 10 dudes a night. That's why I like to catch them around 7 or 8 while they are on the Las Chavelas side. Then I got my stache of bitches that no longer work in the bars and make house calls to where ever hotel I might be staying.

I gotta check out Conclave. Maybe I'll watch it in between NUTS at Cascadas this week. We'll see.

@garfield Now that would make for an interesting contrast, watching Conclave while partying in Tijuana! Conclave focuses on the behind the scenes politics involved in the selection of a Pope. I am not religious (far from it!), but the behind the scenes politics was interesting. However the movie was pretty slow.

I think I have a more inclusive definition of sex worker. Any woman (or man) who makes a living by selling adult services would qualify for me. This would include strippers (even if they don't do extras), escorts, massage parlor workers (only if they provide some level of extras) and actors in porn movies.

@electronman, I think you're dead on with your SW definition. I know non extras strippers who proudly refer to themselves as sex workers. I'd add Only Fans models, at least the majority, and Cam girls. Anora is 100% a sex worker and a proud one at that.

@garfield84, I went and looked at the nominees. I didn't know they had 10 these days. Used to be 5. I saw Conclave and AComplete Unknown and would rate both significantly higher than Anora. Haven't seen the other 7.