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Mighty Aphrodite

Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!

6.7(763)19951h 35m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$26M
Language
English
  • prostitute
  • adoption
  • adoptive father
  • child prodigy
  • childlessness
  • looking for birth parents
  • porn star
  • adoptive mother
  • illegal prostitution
  • pygmalion
  • kids
  • adopted son

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Woody Allen

Produced in

United States of America

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR13 Sept 1995
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1512 Apr 1996
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)R13 Sept 1995
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical12Capa DVD17 May 1996
  • CzechiaCZ

    • TheatricalU22 Aug 1996
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU7 Feb 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1215 Aug 1996
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice International Film Festival1 Sept 1995
    • Theatrical26 Jan 1996
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1813 Sept 1997
  • SpainES

    • TheatricalAPTA22 Feb 1996

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Mighty Aphrodite was released on 13 September 1995.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    6/8/2023

    7/10

    **_An older man befriends a kindhearted prostitute_** A Manhattan scriptwriter (Woody Allen) meets the young mother of his adopted boy, a hooker (Mira Sorvino), and tries to help her situation. Meanwhile, his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) is caught up in her ambitious work as a curator of art galleries, not to mention the serious flirting of a colleague (Peter Weller). A Greek chorus occasionally chimes in (F. Murr…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/28/2024

    7/10

    To minimise the inconvenience to their daily lives, a married couple adopt a baby from birth, but by the time he is five the fizz has rather gone out of their marriage. He's a sports journalist and is a bit bored with her (Helena Bonham Carter) more "arty" friends whom she knows from her all-consuming work in her gallery. When their adopted son "Max" starts to show signs that ne might just be some sort of a prodigy, …

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