Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

13/09/1995 (US)•Comedy, Romance•1h 35m

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Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!

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When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

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Woody Allen
Lenny
Mira Sorvino
Linda Ash
Helena Bonham Carter
Amanda
F. Murray Abraham
Chorleiter
Donald Symington
Amanda's Father
Claire Bloom
Amanda's Mother
Olympia Dukakis
Jocasta
Michael Rapaport
Kevin
David Ogden Stiers
Laius

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A review by Wuchak

7.0

Written by Wuchak on Jun 8, 2023

**_An older man befriends a kindhearted prostitute_** A Manhattan scriptwriter (Woody Allen) meets the young mother of his adopted boy, a hooker (Mira Sorvino), and tries to help her situation. Meanwhile, his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) is caught up in her ambitious work as a curator of art galleries, not to mention the serious flirting of a colleague (Peter Weller). A Greek chorus occasionally chimes in (F. Murray Abraham, etc.), linking the story to that of Oedipus. “Mighty Aphrodite” (1995) is a quirky comedy set in Manhattan, which is unsurprising with Woody at the helm. The heart o...