If you loved The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, try Mighty Aphrodite

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Woody Allen, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Mighty Aphrodite is

Someone once tried to cast Woody Allen as a suburban matchmaker to Greek myth. Lenny tracks down his adopted son’s bio-mom, only to find a nicer person than his own wife. Three choruses later, the whole thing feels like a confessional booth.

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