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Summary: Very enjoyable
Review: Mighty Aphrodite is one of the strongest Woody Allen films of the last ten years. Here Allen has cast some strong performers, especially noteworthy is Mira Sorvino who steals the film with her character. What a delight she is to watch!Woody plays Woody of course and he's in a marriage fraught with problems but completely absorbed by his own quest for his adopted child's mother. What works is Sorvino matches his intensity and almost outshines him when they are on the screen together. An enjoyable and fun film!
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Summary: Different...and in a great way!!!
Review: MIGHTY APHRODITE is Woody Allen's wildly successful stab at Greek comedy/tragedy. He 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 a beautiful baby boy they decide to name Max. He grows up to be bright and very intelligent for his age, so Lenny becomes obsessed with finding out who Max's biological parents are. O course, 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 slowly falling apart. 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. It works exceptionally well and adds a fascinating element to the already intriguing plot.
The film is not for all tastes, but it is wonderfully written, witty, incisive, and funny. It is a charmingly light comedy full of delicious performances and cleverly executed dialogue. Woody Allen delivers a film that is fascinating on all levels and as beautifully structured as a glorious piece of art. A superb little gem!
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Summary: Mira Sorvino was hilarious.
Review: Mira Sorvino's voice in this movie is hilarious. I laugh everytime she talks. I thought the greek chorus line was sort of strange. I'm not usually a Woody Allen film fan, but Mighty Aphrodite hit a nerve.
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Summary: Mira Sorvino is great.
Review: She is just the greatest in this movie
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Summary: Not a middle America movie!
Review: Smart and funny. Dialogue between Allen dnd Sorvino is excellent
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Summary: Humourous, Comical and Ironic
Review: 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. But, what I can't disagree more is that Woody Allen did not intend to produce a tragedy. What I believe is that the director transforms the
genre of ancient Greek tragedy by making it humourous and comical. Remember what the ending of the movie tells us? "Keep smiling because the whole world will smile with you". There is no dull scene in the movie. Every line is elaborately and carefully written - with wit. If you simply read the script, you can already tell the mentality of different characters. The usually neurotic (again!)Lenny (Woody Allen), the high-pitched, low-IQed Linda Ash (or Judy CUM!) (Miro Sorvino). There can't be a theatre in the world filled with silence when this movie is shown. Laughters and gigglings should be overwhelming the house. I personally like the Greek chorus scenes and the ending, which is so ironic that Linda and Lenny got each other's child, but still knew nothing about it. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and pleasure, and watching Mighty Aphrodite is absolutely a pleasurable experience.
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Summary: Mighty Fine , Mr. Allen
Review: The key to a great Woody Allen film is always the dialogue. It made Annie Hall a bizarre take on a very original
idea. But that is the charm of Woody Allen, he takes everyday things completely twists them up with wit and satire and the overall
product is something both entertaining and very nicely polished. Here he takes adoption by the horns ... Anyway, he's married to Helena Bonham Carter they decide to have a baby, they do, they love it and then
suddenly Woody wants to meet the boy's mother. What Woody discovers is that the boy's mother is a adult actress wanting to make it big that has starred in the most
outrageous of pornos and is now working in prostitution. Except, she doesn't work the streets she more rather, makes appointments ... Woody becomes enamored by the prostitute mostly because she's a colorful character and he can't believe she
conceived his son. They come close to falling in love, but it's more of a fascination than anything. (typical Woody move)
Here, he connects the story in tune with Greek mythology, there are hilarious scenes in which Woody consults with the Gods as
to what to do. Mira Sorvino, who plays the prostitute, won a Well deserved Oscar for her performance. She completely holds the
audience by the throat with her ditzy hooker with a big heart. The reason I loved this movie so much was the exchange of advice.
Woody with the Gods, and then his relationship with the hooker. His relationship with his actual wife in the movie is sort of side-plotted
and isn't very important but maybe it is. Maybe Woody was showing sub-consciously even, that sometimes you can go looking for
your baby's mother and you wonder if it's the power between you raising it and her inner feelings as a mother, to be a replacement
for an unhappy marriage? That sounds complicated and I must admit is trivial to the plot, but I sort of felt sorry for Woody in this film.
The bond between him and Mira Sorvino developed in something more than lust and love, it was almost like finding your best friend. The dialogue in this film is particularly mature, filled with curse words and extremely perverse references the film is
unsuitable for children of any age and might offend those who enjoy Woody Allen movies and expect a sweet tale. Just a warning,
the language is very graphic. I'd also like to mention Michael Turturro's performance as the dumb boxer, suits him well and he makes
him a lovely addition to this almost perfect film.
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Summary: Damn what a good film
Review: There seem to be three camps when it comes to Woody Allen. (1) People who love his earlier works and villify his most recent films (2)People who love all of his films (3) People who hate Woody Allen, his films, and anything else related to him. I belong to the second group, and like most of his films. Mighty Aphrodite is a great movie, featuring the performance that put Mira Sorvino on the map. This film also contains a great performance by Michael Rappaport, who has gone on to do more stellar work with Allen. Every time I watch this movie I laugh. If anything, see this film for the Greek chorus led by F. Murray Abraham. Like most of Allens more recent works this film is funny and wacky, while at the same time you don't leave the movie feeling as if you've lost brain cells by watching it.
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Summary: Aristophanes would be proud!
Review: This is one gem of a romantic comedy. With all of the delicious allusions to Greek mythology & the props for Greek theatre, one would not be going too far to call it a "cultured" romantic comedy. What really stands out is how the references to archetypal Greek images are tied in so nicely with the storyline. I must concede I've not seen many Woody Allen films, but he was terrific as a coy and eccentric sportswriter. Likewise, Mira Sorvino is beyond charming as a naive but good natured harlot. If you're looking for a feel good movie, you can't do much better than this. If you want an RC movie that is funny and yet has more substance than most others, you can't go wrong with MIGHTY APRHODITE. Somewhere above the clouds, I can't help but think that Aristophanes is watching this film over & over again.....and he's loving every minute of it!
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Summary: Aristophanes would be proud!
Review: This is one gem of a romantic comedy. With all of the delicious allusions to Greek mythology & the props for Greek theatre, one would not be going too far to call it a "cultured" romantic comedy. What really stands out is how the references to archetypal Greek images are tied in so nicely with the storyline. I must concede I've not seen many Woody Allen films, but he was terrific as a coy and eccentric sportswriter. Likewise, Mira Sorvino is beyond charming as a naive but good natured harlot. If you're looking for a feel good movie, you can't do much better than this. If you want an RC movie that is funny and yet has more substance than most others, you can't go wrong with MIGHTY APRHODITE. Somewhere above the clouds, I can't help but think that Aristophanes is watching this film over & over again.....and he's loving every minute of it!
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