Claire Bloom, David Ogden Stiers, Donald Symington
An upscale New York couple decide to adopt a child. Years later, after he proves to be extremely intelligent, the adoptive father sets out to find the biological mother who, he believes, must be a gen...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 16, 1999
Stats: 586 reviews
"Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!"
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a prostitute.REVIEW ...( read more)
Odd, like all of Woody's films. It was alright and kind of funny though.
I think I enjoyed this a little more than I should have: it kind of skirts the heavier issues and makes the central plot point - tracking down your adopted child's birth mother - awfully light, and it's a little on the corny side in places... Mira Sorvino, for example, is over th...( read more)
After a ten year drought of comedy, he kicks it old school with this laugh riot.
Although an old-fashioned Woody Allen comedy of misadventure in essence - a story at the service of gags that are built around the personality of a neurotic New Yorker - Mighty Aphrodite is by far Allen's most optimistic and positive film. Frames of a very funny fake Greek...( read more)
I never really noticed before how annoying Mira Sorvino's voice is! Still, I like her as an actress and as a person. The Greek chorus was a fun touch to add to the film and I liked the attention brought to their costumes, location and all. Overall, it was a great Allen comedy but...( read more)
I'm not sure why this movie got so many accolades. I don't much care for Woody Allen but I do like Mira Sorvino and she's played many roles better than this one, most notably as the wife of crack addict Michael Imperioli in "Sweet Nothing."
Not sure why she really got that Oscar...( read more)
How does Woody Allen churn out such interesting movies over and over again? This one takes a slight turn from his usual plot - there's not as many intricate love dodecahedrons. The plot is fairly simple: Woody Allen plays a man who goes searching for his adopted son's birth mothe...( read more)
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