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Article: Allen's `Aphrodite' A Mighty Comedy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 3, 1995
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MIGHTY APHRODITE (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) 1/2
Lenny Woody Allen
AmandaHelena Bonham Carter
Linda AshMira Sorvino
KevinMichael Rapaport
LeaderF. Murray Abraham
Written and directed by Woody Allen. Running time: 95 minutes.
Rated R (for language and sex-related material). Opening at select
local theaters.
Woody Allen's new comedy "Mighty Aphrodite" opens with a Greek
chorus, standing in an ancient amphitheater and uttering dire
warnings about those who would tempt fate. Indeed one of the
tempters is Woody Allen himself, whose recent life has sometimes
seemed drawn from Greek tragedy, especially as it applies to those
who would kill their wives and marry their daughters - ...