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- 2006
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 35 m
- 2006
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 35 m
Summary An aging English actor finds his life changed by the arrival of a friend's precocious grandniece.
Directed By: Roger Michell
Written By: Hanif Kureishi
- 2006
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 35 m
- 2006
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 35 m
Venus
6.8
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Summary An aging English actor finds his life changed by the arrival of a friend's precocious grandniece.
Directed By: Roger Michell
Written By: Hanif Kureishi
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
82
100% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Venus is a magnificent tribute to actors by filmmakers who know they are the essential human material of theater and the screen.
Venus may be a leering male fantasy, but it is also, improbably but persuasively, a love story as tender as it is transgressive. It's a wry celebration of the tyranny of beauty, and the tragicomic way in which desire outruns the betrayals of dying flesh.
Peter O'Toole, still a British cinematic lion at 74, performs another movie miracle in the Roger Michell-Hanif Kureishi film Venus.
A screen-acting showcase by a man whose best days, many thought, were behind him. There's life in the old dog yet.
Maurice, the protagonist of Venus, is a suit lovingly tailored to O'Toole's ravaged but commanding frame.
This is a brave movie because it addresses a subject Hollywood feels uncomfortable about.
Venus has a swank pedigree, but in this case that doesn't mean it's much more than a quaint machine to elicit tears and awards.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.8
68% Positive
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16% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.8
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
16% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
16% Negative
3 Ratings
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Production Company
Miramax,
FilmFour,
UK Film Council,
Free Range Films
Release Date Dec 21, 2006
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Tagline The most acclaimed actor of his generation in the role of a lifetime
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
