Mighty Aphrodite is an Mira Sorvino and Woody Allen film about love, fate, mothers and sons, and you can see ample information about it below. It is available for a modest price on the web.
Mighty Aphrodite
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 95min | November 10, 1995 (United States)
7.0
Director: Woody AllenWriter: Woody AllenStars: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela BlairSummary: Lenny and Amanda have an adopted son Max who turns out to be brilliant. Lenny becomes obsessed with finding Max's real parents because he believes that they too must be brilliant. When he finds that Linda Ash is Max' real mother, Lenny is disappointed. Linda is a prostitute and porn star. On top of that, she is quite possibly the dumbest person Lenny has ever met. Interwoven is a Greek chorus linking the story with the story of Oedipus. —Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>
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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.