Mighty Aphrodite

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.

Cast

Woody Allen

as Lenny

Mira Sorvino

as Linda Ash

Helena Bonham Carter

as Amanda

F. Murray Abraham

as Chorleiter

Donald Symington

as Amanda's Father

Claire Bloom

as Amanda's Mother

Olympia Dukakis

as Jocasta

Michael Rapaport

as Kevin

David Ogden Stiers

as Laius

Jack Warden

as Tiresias

Reviews

Wuchak

**_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 galle...

CinemaSerf

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-consumi...

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