

Mighty Aphrodite
Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!
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
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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
Frequently asked questions
Mighty Aphrodite was released on 13 September 1995.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
6/8/2023
**_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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/28/2024
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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