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Mighty Aphrodite
Miramax Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for language and sex-related material
Starring
Mira Sorvino,
Woody Allen,
Helena Bonham Carter,
F. Murray Abraham,
David Ogden Stiers,
and
Olympia Dukakis
A New York couple discovers that their adopted son's biological mother (Sorvino, in an Oscar-winning performance) is a hooker and minor porn star.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Woody Allen
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Woody Allen
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 18, 1999
Video: March 2, 1999
Theatrical: November 3, 1995
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| RUNNING TIME: |
98 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Sorvino), 1996 Academy Awards; Nominated, Best Screenplay, 1996 Academy Awards; Winner, Best Screenplay, 1996 Writers Guild of America Awards

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie reveals its serious undertones (with commentary by the Greek chorus, which occasionally breaks into song and dance) while at the same time developing a plot that lends itself to slapstick.

75
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
It was only natural that Allen would eventually have to make a Greek drama.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Leah Garchik
Woody Allen's incredible wit is at the heart of all that's wonderful in Mighty Aphrodite, and Woody Allen's incredible ego is at the core of its major flaw.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Allen appears determined to craft a motion picture that can be laughed at without plumbing any especially deep neuroses of the human condition.

70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
A zippy, frothy confection that emerges as agreeable middle-range Woody.

70
The New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Dependably well made and not quite like any Allen film that came before. Nimble film making like this isnt necessarily geared to the magnum opus, but Mr. Allen can achieve fine, amusing results even while thinking small. [27 October 1995, P.C1]
70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A sketchy trifle that is sporadically amusing but also off-putting around the edges.

70
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
It's a mixed bag--deftly and hilariously philosophical in some places, deeply disengaged and prosaic in others.

63
USA Today
Mike Clark
Allen's connective scenes are slack and barely functional, and even his asides lack bite.

60
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
An uneven blend of mirth and malice.

60
TV Guide
Harlan Jacobson
Is there no one in Allen's circle who dares to tell the master this ain't funny?

60
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
It treads enjoyably over old ground, and it has a surprisingly foul mouth, though rather than cruising along with the ease of Allen's best work it tends to hobble, and it closes in a flurry of undecided endings.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Fans of Allen, the comedian, will be glad to hear there are more chuckles here than in his last film, "Bullets Over Broadway." Fans of Allen, the plot craftsman, will find a lot less discipline and imagination in the writing. In truth, Mighty Aphrodite is mighty slight.

50
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Allen gets a chance to unload all his usual patronizing contempt for and middle-class "wisdom" about his own working-class origins.

50
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
In this loser-and-the-whore story line, Allen's sensibilities have taken a turn for the nasty.

40
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
Mighty Aphrodite may take its thematic and structural cues from Greek tragedy, but it's second-rate Borscht Belt all the way.


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