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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

An agreeable, featherweight comedy from Woody Allen

[7/10 · 25 December 2014]

An agreeable, featherweight comedy from Woody Allen: it has some laughs, but other Woody films from the same period ("Manhattan Murder Mystery", "Bullets Over Broadway") are better. In "Mighty Aphrodite", the story is slight, and the "Greek Chorus" gimmick, although clever at times and novel for Allen, also feels arbitrary because it doesn't really fit with any of the main characters' professions; it might have worked better if Allen played a writer, an actor, or even just a theater buff. The film does get a shot in the arm about 30 minutes after its start from the introduction of Mira Sorvino, who gives a knockout-breakout performance (and is also a knockout herself, in the more traditional sense of the word!). Jack Warden also steals his few scenes as the "blind" Tiresias. *** out of 4.