Mighty Aphrodite Reviews

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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 -... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more