Mighty Aphrodite

I don't think Woody Allen was aiming very high with Mighty Aphrodite, and it's just as well that his targets are lowered onto one of the most "light" comedies ever made about a prostitute and a sports writer, with a Greek... Full review

Why did Woody choose to have a greek chorus sing in his movie and play a large role? How know, but I love it all the same. Mighty Aphrodite tells the story of Lenny (Woody Allen, in his great usual nerotic... Full review

As "Mighty Aphrodite" shows, Woody Allen really works best when he goes for straight comedy. In this case, he and wife Helena Bonham Carter adopt a boy who turns out to be a genius. When Woody searches for the boy's biological... Full review

I have just watched Woody Allen's magnificent movie again for the first time in almost 10 years and am more convinced than ever that it is one of his most under-rated films (but then, how do you judge an artist -... Full review

Spike Jones once said that his material was too corny for sophisticated people but too sophisticated for corny people. Woody Allen's material can lend itself to similar critique. Mighty Aphrodite has a superb balance between sophistication and corn. The Greek chorus... Full review

A childless couple adopt a baby, but the father becomes curious about the real birth mother and decides to trace her. Good to see Allen returning to something like his best, probably because he is returning to his natural home: The... Full review

Mighty Aphrodite is a great example of Woody Allen showing no interest in convincing his audience into swallowing down some serious morals like one of Groucho's horse pills. It's light, fluffy, shamelessly sentimental and suffers not a bit because of it,... Full review

I didn't expect to enjoy "Mighty Aphrodite" due to the very lukewarm-to-cool reviews it received, but was pleasantly surprised. The story line revolves around an adoptive father stricken with curiosity about the mother of his adopted son. He secretly locates her... Full review

Hot on the high-heels of "Showgirls" comes Woody Allen's latest film, "Mighty Aphrodite," named after the Greek goddess of love, another American film trying to interrogate the questionable mentality and dubious spirituality of the skin trade. A lot will probably be... Full review

I can say that "Mighty Aphrodite" is the film that made me really appreciate Woody Allen's films. His direction is great, and so is the screenplay in the majority of his pictures. The story of "Mighty Aphrodite" is magic, light, funny... Full review

The film is a brashly comic provocation, a dare disguised as a doodle.....it's Allen's willingness to face such troubling facts that adds resonance to the wicked fun of Mighty Aphrodite.....The subtext of Mighty Aphrodite is a neurotic's nightmare:....Mighty Aphrodite is an uneven blend of mirth and malice.... ... Full Review

It's an inventive movie (now on home video), imaginative and rich in detail, with a twisting plot that winds merrily through distinct worlds. But he fails when he attempts to float a balloon for himself, to get the audience to suspend its disbelief and accept Allen, a withered Romeo, as a sweet-natured naif. ... Full Review

Most of the laughs in "Aphrodite" come from a clever framing device. Because he is funny when he wants to be, because comic lines and situations come easily to him, Allen rarely turns out a film that doesn't give you something to laugh at. ... Full Review

On its own merits, however, "Mighty Aphrodite" is Woody Lite, a few hilarious moments, some mildly amusing ones and too many that are crass and vulgar without being sufficiently funny to redeem them. Allen plays a Manhattan sportswriter whose wife (Carter) wants her own art gallery. ... Full Review

Mighty Aphrodite beats its messages over your head with a stick. The real disappointment here is that Mighty Aphrodite lacks the rich subtlety of Allen's previous work. ... Full Review

As every Oscarologist knows, academy voters adore actresses who play hookers. (And nuns, too, but that's another matter.) Oscar's taste for tarts became a topic in a (unintentionally) funny game played in our forums when posters were challenged by our... ... Full Article

Mighty Aphrodite indeed! Putting a sporty twist on her signature Grecian style, Alberta Ferretti turned out short dresses in draped silk jersey, two-color togas, and watery prints that resembled Botticelli's Birth of Venus. ... Full Article

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SPYder, here. Bon soiré from a rainy, cloudy, breezy Croisette. Evidently, it rains every year at Cannes, but they never show you the pictures from the rainy days, just the sunny glamorous beauty shots of the elite on the red... ... Full Article

Apart from her Academy Award-winning performance in Mighty Aphrodite, Mira Sorvino has not chosen the best vehicles for her talents over the years, and when it comes to her involvement in Wisegirls, you could easily assume that her decision-making skills ... Full Article

De nieuwe film van Woody Allen begint op een voor Allen vreemde plek.In plaats van het gebruikelijke Manhattan opent Mighty Aphrodite in een oud Grieks theater. ... Full Article