Mighty Aphrodite

Sep 13, 1995

1h 35m

★ 6.7

Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Miramax

Jean Doumanian Productions

Sweetland Films

Mighty Aphrodite Trailers

Cast

Lenny

Woody Allen

Linda Ash

Mira Sorvino

Amanda

Helena Bonham Carter

Chorleiter

F. Murray Abraham

Amanda's Father

Donald Symington

Amanda's Mother

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

Olympia Dukakis

Kevin

Michael Rapaport

Laius

David Ogden Stiers

Tiresias

Jack Warden

Jerry Bender

Peter Weller

Cassandra

Danielle Ferland

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