"It’s lush, it’s electrifying, it’s wild. But more than that, the movie has real heart."
— Amanda Luberto, Arizona Republic
"Anora is a small film that feels much larger, elevated by humour, chaos, and human tenderness."
— Clarisse Loughrey, Independent (UK)
"Big and bold and glossy and very funny, a raucous comedy unlike anything else in Baker’s filmography."
— Steve Pond, TheWrap
"Anora is a movie that wraps you up in its fun, pop-tinged fur coat and, by the end, leaves its soul exposed."
— Kristen Lopez, Kristomania (Substack)
"In an awards season of overlong seriousness, Madison’s Anora pops like Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment."
— Thelma Adams, AARP Movies for Grownups
"Yet again, Sean Baker nails it. Anora somehow straddles a fine line as the year’s funniest and most heart-wrenching movie."
— Maxwell Rabb, Chicago Reader
"It’s our Pretty Woman, for our time, with unexpected ripples of real feeling — and thanks to Madison, real stardom in the making."
— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
"Like Mikey Madison’s title character, Anora is pretty, messy, witty, wild, and highly competent, one of the funniest, saddest, and best films of the year."
— Dylan Roth, Observer
"Watching Anora is like riding shotgun alongside a reckless driver. Sean Baker is one of the brightest and most original filmmakers of his generation. He is one of a kind, and so is Anora."
— Leonard Maltin, leonardmaltin.com
"In its relatively gigantic ambitions, nuanced texture, bifurcated structure, and ferocious performances, Anora is also a capstone for the director: a once-in-a-career triumph that exists on the back of everything else."
— Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
"At once a frenzied fairy tale and a tender-hearted character study, Anora is an intoxicating pairing of director and star. Baker’s unique, humanistic approach to filmmaking is as riveting and rewarding as ever."
— Beth Webb, Empire Magazine
"This is an undeniable star-making performance for Madison, who finds the grace and charm and stupidity and selfishness and wild-eyed wonder of Mikey, a tough survivor who falls for the oldest fairy tale in the book."
— Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
"It also marks the arrival of Mikey Madison who, after smaller roles in films like Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood and the Scream reboot, sets the screen alight in a breakout performance for the ages that already feels profoundly timeless."
— Chase Hutchinson, Seattle Times
"Mikey Madison, Oscar’s new Cinderella, leads a cast of crazies as a sex worker who finds her prince in the son of a dangerous Russian oligarch. No list of the year’s best films would be complete without Sean Baker’s whirwind of fun and social provocation."
— Peter Travers, ABC News
