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Mighty Aphrodite (1995) 7.1
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7.1/10 from 29,795 users
Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 89 user | 59 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a prostitute. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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Lenny and Amanda have an adopted son Max who turns out to be brilliant. Lenny becomes obsessed with finding Max's real parents because he believes that they too must be brilliant. When he finds that Linda Ash is Max' real mother, Lenny is disappointed. Linda is a prostitute and porn star. On top of that, she is quite possibly the dumbest person Lenny has ever met. Interwoven is a Greek chorus linking the story with the story of Oedipus. Written by Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 January 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Poderosa Afrodita See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$6,700,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Lenny Weinrib: I can't forget it; the thought's been put in my head.
Chorus: Oh, cursed fate; certain thoughts are better left unthunk.
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(1928)
Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin & Larry Shay
Performed by the Dick Hyman Chorus & Orchestra
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According to the biography The Unruly Life of Woody Allen by Marion Meade, the movie was inspired by Allen's adopted daughter Dylan. He thought that to be so intelligent and charming, he decided, Dylan must have inherited "good genes." See more »Goofs
The scene at the school where Lenny and Amanda consider sending their child was shot at the City & Country School in New York, a world-famous progressive K-8 school in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. During their visit, a school administrator mentions that the child's test scores are acceptable. In real life, however, the school does not use standardized-test scores when considering prospective students. See more »Quotes
Greek Chorus Leader: Don't go any further. I know what you're thinking, Lenny, and forget it!Lenny Weinrib: I can't forget it; the thought's been put in my head.
Chorus: Oh, cursed fate; certain thoughts are better left unthunk.
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The Greek Chorus does the "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles At You)" song-and-dance production number over half the credits. See more »Soundtracks
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)(1928)
Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin & Larry Shay
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A childless couple adopt a baby, but the father becomes curious about the real birth mother and decides to trace her.
Good to see Allen returning to something like his best, probably because he is returning to his natural home: The light comedy of domestic life and the embarrassing people that we have to deal with.
The star turn is Mira Sorvino (the natural mother) as the tart with a heart (an update of the happy hooker?) who Allen gets to know by pretending to be a client. Great plot device, which shows what Allen can do when he casts his mind wider than people chatting around restaurant tables or at parties.
Interesting to see how Allen has developed as regards sexual frankness and the use of four letter words. Strangely he is returning to the device of being sexually inept (something he had been moving away from) to gain extra laughs.
For once he gives the best lines to someone else - and in Sorvino we have a great comedienne: A really touching and funny performance. Another Oscar that an actor/actress would never have otherwise got without the magic pen of Woody - no wonder the guy is so loved in the business!
Away from the main comedy the thing bumbles along. Wife Helena Boham-Carter is not faithful and they argue a lot. The usual hypocrisies, double standards and manners are displayed (for a WA film), but they don't stop the film as they do elsewhere. The Greek chorus asides - are actually fantastically funny and a real piece of comic invention.
Thankfully we have a something to do and somewhere to go here, it isn't just people whining about their lives. Allen wants to improve the life of the hooker-come-porn-star and suggests hairdressing and teaming up with a half-wit boxer (who he met through his job as a sports writer) he thinks she will like.
A very entertaining film and it is good to see that Allen can write funny lines for women - which I thought he was incapable of. Recommended.