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Mira Sorvino won an Oscar for her performance as a bubbleheaded hooker and porn star who happens to be the mother of a bright young boy adopted by a Manhattan couple (Woody Allen and Helena Bonham Carter). The story finds Allen's sportswriter character becoming curious about the identity of his son's biological mom, and he strikes up a relationship with her without revealing why. This 27th feature written and directed by Allen is a nice combination of smart comedy and some of the wackier energy of his earliest movies. (Between scenes, there's a running gag involving a Greek chorus--actually filmed among some real Greek ruins--who do song-and-dance interpretations of the script's events.) This isn't Allen at his best, but it is a fine minor work graced by Sorvino's spin on the cinema's archetypal dumb blonde. --Tom Keogh
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DVD Sale
Jan 30 2012
Format:DVD
Love this movie, Mira Sorvino is fantastic and one of Woody Allen's best films. I got my DVD quickly and it was in great condition. No complaints.
Mighty Awful
April 21 2004
Format:DVD
It has all the subtlety of a train wreck. Woody Allen is a clever man, and indeed there are several good zingers, but each one is repeated in such a juvenile manner that I fear Mr. Allen doesn't give his audience enough credit for getting it the first time.
For example, there is a scene where Woody is matchmaking two idiots. He declines their invitation to join them by saying, "No, thank you. I'm superfluous." To which one idiot replies, "Oh, you're not feeling well?" What a great zinger! But then he belabors the joke by going on: "No, SUPERFLUOUS. Uh... superfluous means unneccessary... I'd only get in the way..." This sort of audience-coddling continues throughout the movie, right up to the end, where even the final scene is amended with a clumsy explanation for the dim-witted. The movie ends with the same gag (a Broadway-Greek chorus) that has already been done 3 times in the last 95 minutes. We got it the first time, Woody.
Acting? You'll hardly notice. The characters are such obvious, stereotypical caricatures that they become entirely boring and predictable--if not offensive to Jews, women, boxers, hairdressers, husbands, wives and barkeeps. I was embarrassed for the lot of them.
Unless you, too, are stuck in the sixties, you might do yourself a favor by skipping this one. Woody even managed to waste the incredible talent of F. Murray Abraham!
Etu Woody!
Feb 2 2004
Format:DVD
Woody Allen at his funniest (and *raunchiest*--not for the prudish), particularly during his scenes with Mira Sorvino, who walks off with the film as a ditzy porn starlet. The only thing that prevents this from a full-out four-star rating is a baffling framing device in which characters from Greek mythology drop into the story from time to time to comment on the action. It's annoying and rarely funny.
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Very enjoyable
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Published on Aug 1 2003 by Virgil
Different...and in a great way!!!
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Published on July 19 2003 by Mark Twain
Woody being Woody
It's a typical Woody Allen nervous character starring opposite a hilariously foul-mouthed Mira Sorvino in "Mighty Aphrodite. Read more
Published on July 6 2003 by Judy Cum
Humourous, Comical and Ironic
Someone said that Mighty Aphrodite is a not an excellent production as it attempts to put in the ancient Greek elements, but fails to follow the formula of tragedy. Read more
Published on April 26 2003 by N. Wong
Woody does it again...
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Published on Nov 14 2002 by www.DavidLRattigan.com
Mighty Fine , Mr. Allen
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Published on Jun 4 2002 by Darnell R. Johnson
Aristophanes would be proud!
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Published on May 11 2002 by D. Roberts
Greek Chorus Stuck Out Like a Sore Thumb
Had it not been for the highly monotonous Greek chorus' intercuts, "Mighty Aphrodite" would probably deserve a higher rating. Read more
Published on Mar 9 2002 by L. Carol
Fantastic
Highly entertaining. Not to be missed by any fan of Woody's who has a decent knowledge of Greek mythology.
Published on Oct 29 2001 by Lisa Chau
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Published on Jun 12 2001 by J. Laughlin
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