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Release Date: 5/22/2007
 Original Release: 2006
 Format: DVD
Length: 95 minutes
 Rating: R (MPAA)
 Rating Reason: for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.
 UPC: 786936712438
 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Other Formats:  Venus DVD (USED)


Directed by: Roger Michell
Featuring: Beatrice Savoretti, Vanessa Redgrave, Leslie Phillips, Phillip Fox, Jodie Whittaker, Peter O'Toole

Categories: Dramas, Death, Live-Action, Romance, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Love Affairs, Friendships, Actors, Teenagers, Essential Cinema
Description
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 theater, 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.

DVD Features


Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes: Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary
Audio Commentary: Roger Michell - Director; Kevin Loader - Producer
Featurette: VENUS: A REAL WORK OF ART

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Technical Specifications
  • Closed Captioned
  • Color - Color
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Average Rating: 3.75 / 5
Number of Reviews: 4 (view all)
4.5 / 5  Posted on December 13, 2007
Reviewed by: Jarrod

'Venus' could well have been Peter O'Toole's swan song, as the legendary actor approaches the end of his extraordinary and prolific career, and he gave his best performance in at least two decades,...
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4 / 5  Posted on October 14, 2007
Reviewed by: Movie Addict

This film is filled with truly memorable performances. Peter O'Toole gave the best performance from an actor that I have seen from last year. His futile efforts to forestall his aging was incredible....
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2.5 / 5  Posted on March 21, 2007
Reviewed by: Chris

Venus. It's a movie about an 80 year old actor in the twilight of his life. He has a best friend whom he visits daily. When the best friend's 19 year old Great Niece comes to take care of him,...
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