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Venus (DVD, 2007)

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Of Discs: 1 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: WDHE UK Release Date: 23 Jul 2007 Edition: Normal. They continue to work, though the jobs are far from glamorous. Their comfortable routine and witty banter over breakfast in a favourite place is disrupted by the arrival of Ian's grand-niece, Jessie (Jodie Whittaker).

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Screen legend Peter O'Toole stars in this moving story of an elderly actor and his somewhat questionable relationship with a teenage girl. Maurice (O'Toole) and his friend Ian (Leslie Phillips) are two classy curmudgeons whiling away their hours in coffee shops and at the theatre, but their routine is thrown for a loop when Ian's niece's daughter Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) is sent from the country to act as his nurse. Jessie shows up on the scene sullen and pouty, immediately drinking all the liquor in the house and slouching her way from room to room. But Maurice befriends her, taking her to museums and getting her a gig as an art model, and along the way he openly expresses the lust she has awakened in him.

Product Identifiers

Producer
Kevin Loader, Scott Rudin
EAN
8717418123499
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59543139

Product Key Features

Actor
Leslie Phillips, Corin Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Jodie Whittaker, Peter O'Toole
Film/TV Title
Venus
Director
Roger Michell
Language
English
Run Time
92 Mins
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year
2007
Format
DVD
Features
Widescreen
Genre
Drama, General

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Number of Discs
1
Certificate
15
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Screen legend Peter O'Toole stars in this moving story of an elderly actor and his somewhat questionable relationship with a teenage girl. Maurice (O'Toole) and his friend Ian (Leslie Phillips) are two classy curmudgeons whiling away their hours in coffee shops and at the theatre, but their routine is thrown for a loop when Ian's niece's daughter Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) is sent from the country to act as his nurse. Jessie shows up on the scene sullen and pouty, immediately drinking all the liquor in the house and slouching her way from room to room. But Maurice befriends her, taking her to museums and getting her a gig as an art model, and along the way he openly expresses the lust she has awakened in him. Jessie's brash rejections of his affections are at first as amusing as they are awkward. When she starts to allow him small pleasures--like kissing her bare shoulders or caressing her hands--the film enters into some uncomfortable, complicated territory, but it is deftly navigated by Hanif Kureishi's sharp screenplay, and O'Toole's heartbreaking performance.

VENUS is in many ways a quiet film, shot mainly in tiny shops and in Ian's musty apartment, and it often relies on single shots of O'Toole's weary blue eyes to convey the many complexities within the story. Far from just a tale of a May-December romance, VENUS is a very raw look at growing old, and the aches and pains, both emotional and physical, that accompany a man near the end of his life. It is an honest, moving portrait of human desire, and how it can both beat us down and lift us up--no matter the age.
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Total Film - VENUS sweetly sustains its autumnal mood, deriving both comedy and poignancy from the numerous indignities of age., Rolling Stone - O'Toole gives a staggering performance -- fearless, defiantly untamed and in its own way a work of art.
Screenwriter
Hanif Kureishi
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV Title
Venus
Consumer Advice
Contains very strong language

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5 out of 5 stars
by robertalf_3914 Mar, 2021
Venus.
Two Well Known Lead; Well Acted, Interesting. Additional Bit Players. Pllaudits To The Young Actress For Herr Performance, In Uplifting The Film. Senior Friendship; love, Los, Foregiveness.. Emotionally Moving
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5 out of 5 stars
by rober.gerar21 Sep, 2022
Peter's last hurrah.
Wonderful performance from Peter O'Toole, ably balanced by an engaging cast. His last starring role in a movie, shows what he was capable of when given a good script and the freedom to go with it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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5 out of 5 stars
by rita491603 Aug, 2022
Interesting story - good acting.
Entertaining story. Peter O'Toole's last film and Jody Whittaker's debut film. Strange or what?
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4 out of 5 stars
by uk.eit902 Mar, 2022
Good film
Good cheap cd
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3 out of 5 stars
by paken_5602 Oct, 2022
Ok film
I thought the film would be better
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