Movies

January, 1996

Introducing A costumed Greek chorus to chant, dance and mock human frailty in a modern romantic comedy might spell disaster for any moviemaker other than Woody Allen. In Mighty Aphrodite (Miramax), F. Murray Abraham heads the chorus and Allen calls the shots in his starring role as a sportswriter named Lenny, who shows up intermittently at an ancient amphitheater to question his fate. After Lenny and his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) adopt a baby, he feels compelled to locate the child's birth mot...