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Mighty Aphrodite
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by: Woody Allen
Directed by: Woody Allen
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 3, 1995
DVD: May 18, 1999
Running Time: 98 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
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.
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What The Critics Said
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...
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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
It was only natural that Allen would eventually have to make a Greek drama.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
A zippy, frothy confection that emerges as agreeable middle-range Woody.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Dependably well made and not quite like any Allen film that came before. Nimble film making like this isn’t necessarily geared to the magnum opus, but Mr. Allen can achieve fine, amusing results even while thinking small. [27 October 1995, P.C1]
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
A sketchy trifle that is sporadically amusing but also off-putting around the edges.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Hal Hinson
It's a mixed bag--deftly and hilariously philosophical in some places, deeply disengaged and prosaic in others.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Allen's connective scenes are slack and barely functional, and even his asides lack bite.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Harlan Jacobson
Is there no one in Allen's circle who dares to tell the master this ain't funny?
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
In this loser-and-the-whore story line, Allen's sensibilities have taken a turn for the nasty.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Anthony M. gave it a10:
This movie is halrious; and ultimately, very sweet. The parady of a Greek chorus alone is worth the price of a DVD. But be warned! If your idea of great movie making involves in any way special effects laden films about the interspecies romances of sexy girls and chimps with hyperractive tyroids, you probably should skip this movie.
Laura J. gave it a2:
What boring, terrible crap. I cannot beleive Woody Allen directed thid piece of garbage!!
