Mighty Aphrodite DVD
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Mighty Aphrodite DVD

Production Year: 1995 - Comedy - Director: Woody Allen - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over

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MIGHTY APHRODITE is Woody Allen's stab at Greek comedy/tragedy, and it is wildly successful. Allen stars as Lenny Weinrib, a sportswriter married to ambitious Amanda Sloan (Helena...
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Woody's Greek Goddess
Review of Mighty Aphrodite DVD by allmodcons

Advantages: Very Funny, Mira Sorvino is Excellent
Disadvantages: The whole Greek chorus thing

...so here’s the latest… Mighty Aphrodite is an identity–based comedy from Woody Allen, where a man goes in search of his adopted son’s natural parents, and sets in motion an unexpected chain of events as a consequence. Lenny (Allen) is a sports writer married to Amanda (Helena Bonham-Carter), and they decide to adopt a child. As the child grows, he shows signs of exceptional ability and intelligence, and this leads Lenny to embark on a search to ...
...able to track the mother, who it turns out is a prostitute and adult film star, and the father is a mystery. Linda, the natural mother, is played by Mira Sorvino, who puts in a powerhouse performance, something of a trademark for Allen’s leading ladies. Actually, she won an Oscar for best supporting actress as the damaged and dim Linda, who attempts to tough it through life with disarming honesty and naivety while covering up her hidden heartbreak ... Read review

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Mighty Aphrodite
Review of Mighty Aphrodite DVD by wyn

Advantages: Excellent performance by Mira Sorvino
Disadvantages: Not his best film

Woody Allen plays sports writer Lenny who, with his wife Amanda (played by Helena Bonham Carter), adopts a young boy, Max. Soon, Lenny gets a little curious about Max's breeding and he heads over to the adoption agency to try and find out who the parents were, certain they're a pair of geniuses. Instead, the mother turns out to be Linda Ash, a hooker/porn star (played by Mira Sorvino). Shocked at the discovery to begin with, Lenny gradually accepts ...
...all he can to help her improve her situation. While all this is going on, Lenny regularly consults with imaginary characters from Greek tragedies. In fact, a Greek chorus even narrate the story from an outdoor theatre. Overall, it's a very upbeat and highly entertaining film which has plenty of funny moments. ... Read review

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Mighty Aphrodite DVD

Main specs

Actor(s): F. Murray Abraham, Woody Allen, Claire Bloom, Helena Bonham-Carter, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Warden, Peter Weller

Director(s): Woody Allen

Genre: Comedy

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 1995

Running Time: 1 hour 31 minutes

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: United States of America

Plot: A New York sports writer is obsessed with finding the natural mother of his highly-intelligent adopted son. However, when he finally meets her she's not at all how he imagined...

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

Release date: 15/06/2006

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: BED 888431

Barcode: 5017188884310

Languages

Main Language: English

Subtitle Language: English

Technical information

Special Features: Scene Access

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen

Sound: Mono

Dubbing Sound: Mono English

Award information

OSCAR: Best Actress In A Supporting Role 1996 (Mira Sorvino)

DVD Description

MIGHTY APHRODITE is Woody Allen's stab at Greek comedy/tragedy, and it is wildly successful. Allen stars as Lenny Weinrib, a sportswriter married to ambitious Amanda Sloan (Helena Bonham Carter), who desperately wants her own art gallery in New York City and is willing to play the game to get it. Amanda convinces a reluctant Lenny to adopt, and they end up with beautiful Max. Lenny soon becomes obsessed with finding out who Max's biological parents are, and he is not exactly happy when he discovers that the mother is a high-pitched actress wanna-be who is also a minor porn star and hooker (Mira Sorvino, in an Oscar-winning performance). Lenny is determined to turn her life around--but at the same time is forced to examine his own marriage, which is failing.
Allen intersperses New York City vignettes with hysterical scenes of a Greek chorus, led by F. Murray Abraham, chiming in about Lenny's life, comparing it to Greek drama, and breaking out into song-and-dance numbers. The scenes in which the two worlds meet--both in New York and in the Greek theater, are wonderfully witty and incisive. This charming light comedy from Woody Allen also features fine cameo appearances by Olympia Dukakis, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Warden, and Tony Sirico.

Professional reviews

Review: "...Laugh-out-loud funny .When Mira Sorvino's Linda is on screen, MIGHTY APHRODITE is alive with daffy erotic glee..." -- Rating: B+ (Entertainment Weekly, pp.40-1, 03/11/1995)

"...[Sorvino gives an] all-redeeming, possibly best-list-bound performance..." (USA Today, p.4D, 27/10/1995)

"...A zippy, frothy confection....Dominated by a striking performance from Mira Sorvino....[She develops] a deeply sympathetic and appealing character..." (Variety, 04/09/1995)

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