Thursday, October 28, 2021

Mighty Aphrodite (1995)



Released November 10th in the US.
Filmed in New York and Italy.
The story: While having dinner with some friends who are expecting one night, married Amanda and  Lenny decide they would like to have a kid.
They make the decision to adopt and over the years, while their son grows, Lenny and Amanda find that he is a brilliant child with a large personality.
This gets Lenny thinking.
He would really like to meet his sons' biological mother.
Lenny believes she must be completely brilliant and fascinating.
So he goes out of his way to find her but when he does, he is completely thrown for loop after loop.
His first impression is that she is flaky and ruining her life.
But after making every effort possible to befriend her, Lenny gains her trust and begins helping her better her life.
Stars Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, J Smith Cameron, Steven Randazzo, Tucker Robin, Claire Bloom, Donald Symington, Nolan Tuffy, Yvette Hawkins, George De La Pena, Denise Faye, Mira Sorvino, F Murray Abraham, David Ogden Stiers, Olympia Dukakis, Jeffrey Kurland, Jimmy McQuaid
Directed by (& story written) Woody Allen
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA

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