

Mighty Aphrodite
1995 · Movie · 1h 35m · R
ComedyRomance
"Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Metacritic
60/100
Key crew
- Dick HymanOriginal Music Composer
- Woody AllenDirector
- Woody AllenWriter
Cast
- Woody AllenLenny
- Mira SorvinoLinda Ash
- Helena Bonham CarterAmanda
- F. Murray AbrahamChorleiter
- Donald SymingtonAmanda's Father
- Claire BloomAmanda's Mother
- Olympia DukakisJocasta
- Michael RapaportKevin
- David Ogden StiersLaius
- Jack WardenTiresias
- Peter WellerJerry Bender
- Danielle FerlandCassandra
Stills
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Themes
prostituteadoptionadoptive fatherchild prodigychildlessnesslooking for birth parentsporn staradoptive motherillegal prostitutionpygmalionkidsadopted son











