Anora has swept the Oscars. I can’t help feeling that shouldn’t have happened | Catherine Shoard

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✍️ Sean Baker's film Anora wins several Oscars, but the author of the article disagrees with the wins, finding the film to be hollow, flippant, and muddled.
👉 Anora wins several Oscars, including best picture, directing, editing, and screenplay
👉 The author disagrees with the wins, finding the film to be hollow, flippant, and muddled
👉 The film's plot is criticized for being random and unengaging
👉 The character development is seen as lacking, with characters feeling like caricatures
👉 The film's portrayal of prostitution is criticized for making it look fun, safe, and lucrative

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Sean Baker’s film is muddled, hollow at the middle and about the fifth least vital of the best picture lineupHow Anora swept the Oscars – and the complete list of winnersThe red carpet and Oscars ceremony – in picturesIt is hard to imagine a more charming Oscar winner than Sean Baker. The director – and writer, editor and producer – of Anora was wonderfully persuasive and gracious and fluent at the Academy Awards. He was funny picking up best editing, and then he was sweet accepting the screenwriter prize.When it came to the directing gong, he was downright godlike: the podium his soapbox, superbly leveraged for a gang-busting call to arms about the importance of cinema and the need for people to support bricks and mortar venues. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/anora-sean-baker-oscars-best-picture