- Studio: Miramax Films
- Release Date: Dec 21, 2006
- Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips, Peter O'Toole
- Summary: An aging English actor finds his life changed by the arrival of a friend's precocious grandniece.
- Director: Roger Michell
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 32
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Mixed: 0 out of 32
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Negative: 0 out of 32
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100A sublime meditation that is one of this year's wisest, warmest and funniest films.
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Maurice, the protagonist of Venus, is a suit lovingly tailored to O'Toole's ravaged but commanding frame.
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80The amazing thing about Venus is that it's brutally honest about all this but at the same time funny as hell.
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80A screen-acting showcase by a man whose best days, many thought, were behind him. There's life in the old dog yet.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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JH10I loved this movie. O'Toole is magnificent and the story was beautifully engaging, hilarious, and tragic. Don't miss this one.
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ChadS.8
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DougN.7Well acted and makes one think. Probably not for everyone. I think most older people would enjoy it.
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KentB.2
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