Venus (2006)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Dec 21, 2006
Running Time: 95 mins.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
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Maurice and Ian are a pair of veteran actors who never quite hit the big time. Now in their ‘golden years,’ they continue to work, though the jobs are far from glamorous. But their comfortable routine and witty banter over breakfast in a favorite café is disrupted by the arrival of Ian’s grand-niece, Jessie. Jessie quickly tries her great-uncle’s patience; but Maurice is absolutely taken with the young woman and proceeds to show her the cultural sights of London. As Maurice tries to give Jessie the benefit of his experience, he is surprised to discover how very little he actually knows about himself now that his life is drawing to a close. Jessie, who had arrived with an enormous chip on her shoulders, slowly learns from Maurice the value of respect--for herself as well as others.
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - November 21, 2006
Peter O'Toole, 74, plays a still-employable British actor in thrall to a friend's grand-niece, nineteen-year-old Jessie (Jodie Whittaker). Don't go, "Eww." From his 1962 starring debut in Lawrence of Arabia to his hilarious turn in My Favorite Year, O'Toole is that rarest of species: an actor of stature who is also a movie star of genuine glamour. Shockingly, he's never won an Oscar. The master class in acting he delivers in Venus, directed by Roger Michell from a script by Hanif Kureishi, may… Continued
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Whatever else can be said about Venus, it's undeniably an actors' movie--particularly one actor. O'Toole gives one of the best performances of his career in a part that seems tailor-made for the acting legend. Whether he's staring at Jessie with a combination of sympathy and lust, abruptly dissolving into tears of regret during a meal with ex-wife Valerie (Vanessa Redgrave), or sitting on his bed, quietly and sadly alone, O'Toole's Maurice is a fully fleshed-out, thoroughly lived-in character.… Continued

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