Velvet1ris

An engaging believable and humourous portrayal of the life of a young sex worker with a modern 'pretty woman' theme. The sex scenes are not subtle, but they shouldn't be and for a change, this is a non gratuitous part of the story. Anora is a likeable character, young and naive with some necessary grit but like most of us wants to be loved and wants to believe there is more to life. Maybe there is? The cinematography, the pace and the brilliant acting are magnetic and gripping.

In a word: Brilliant! Absolutely stunning acting and filming which adds to the overall momentum making the audience hooked in. I've heard some mixed reviews and to speak to those, though I agree that this could help to inform and possibly connect with people, sadly (like Kayleigh's love story) it won't do enough to address the prevalence and sickness of these issues which affects children and young people to the core. Sadly society is letting the internet raise our children and parents and teachers can be completely in the dark about what's happening. Influencers will be influencers and money will continue to be more important to our world than care, love and protection. And even if this is watched in all schools by all children it (which I agree it should be) sadly won't go far enough to effect the change we need. However it is a welcome conversation and if this is what it takes the adults amongst us to wake up then: good! I've also read that this is based on a true story, I'm not entirely sure how loosely that description is being used but if that is the case the storyline certainly rings true enough in comparison with the children and young people I encounter in the schools I visit, maybe the atmosphere isn't always the same, but often enough it is. I think the portrayal of how a young boy is vulnerable to identifying as an incel is on point and very sad. Children are saturated by unachievable fake and dangerous ideals and their potential and their identities are becoming lost and degraded. Not enough is being done to challenge this. This is essentially how our children are growing up. So thank you to this series for asking, is this what we want?

I enjoyed watching the first two episodes. Good storyline and acting but unfortunately the last episode was all over the place and didn't meet expectations or potential. The series then seems to just end without a real conclusion, falling on it's face. All in all this makes it feel a disappointing watch.

If you fancy some mind numbing trash this is for you. Watching out of morbid fascination and boredom. Who wrote this s"**?