A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Ivan Reitman
Director
Robin Williams
Dale Putley
Billy Crystal
Jack Lawrence
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Carrie Lawrence
Nastassja Kinski
Collette Andrews
Charlie Hofheimer
Scott Andrews
Bruce Greenwood
Bob Andrews
Dennis Burkley
Calvin the Trucker
Haylie Johnson
Nikki Trainor
Charles Rocket
Russ Trainor
Patti D'Arbanville
Shirley Trainor
Jared Harris
Lee
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
A code adopted by gay men and LGBTQ+ individuals in general to subtly disclose your identity to another, “friend of Dorothy” is widely considered to originate with Judy Garland.
The film is a simple love story reminiscent of stories like The Notebook released in 2004. Sylvie and Robert are rarely actually together in the film, however; time and circumstance keep them away from each other, and the audience waits with bated breath to see them find one another over and over.
Adam McKay might have been more concerned with cramming cameos than he was in this story which is a bloated criticism of the rich and famous… delivered unto us by the rich and famous.
“Ad Astra” is a film that possesses similar beats to sci-fi classics, falling into the realm of cinematic hypnotism, and pulling us in with its mysteriously intoxicating identity.
Critical Incident is worthy of a weekend binge, keeping you guessing right up until the end.