Mighty Aphrodite
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Film · TMDB
6.7When 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.
Released: 1995-09-1395 minDir: Woody AllenComedy, Romance
Cast
- Woody Allen as Lenny
- Mira Sorvino as Linda Ash
- Helena Bonham Carter as Amanda
- F. Murray Abraham as Chorleiter
- Donald Symington as Amanda's Father
- Claire Bloom as Amanda's Mother
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7/10
44,807 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Metacritic
60/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Woody Allen
- Written by
- Woody Allen
- Produced by
- Letty Aronson Robert Greenhut
- Starring
- F. Murray Abraham Woody Allen Claire Bloom Helena Bonham Carter Olympia Dukakis Michael Rapaport Mira Sorvino David Ogden Stiers Jack Warden Peter Weller
- Cinematography
- Carlo Di Palma
- Edited by
- Susan E. Morse
- Music by
- Dick Hyman
- Production company
- Sweetland Films
- Distributed by
- Miramax Films
- Release date
- October 27, 1995 ( 1995-10-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
Key dates
- Published
- 15 August 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- erotic film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Screenwriter
- Woody Allen
- Cast member
- J. Smith-Cameron
- Composer
Article
Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 American comedy film written, directed by, and co-starring Woody Allen, alongside Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Rapaport, and F. Murray Abraham. The screenplay was vaguely inspired by the story of Pygmalion and revolves around a sportswriter named Lenny Weinrib (Allen) and his search for his genius adopted son's biological mother, ultimately finding that she is a dim-witted prostitute named Linda Ash (Sorvino).
Critical reception of the film was generally positive, with Sorvino earning high praise for her performance. She won several accolades, including the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award and SAG Award in the same category. Allen's screenplay earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.