Venus Reviews
September 2, 2020
Despite an elegantly rendered interpretation of the dilemma of these aging men, Venus proves to be unnecessarily light fare...
July 31, 2020
A master class in acting from the great Peter O'Toole is the calling card of this poised and involving comedy-drama.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
January 20, 2012
A starring vehicle for an aging star who receives deafening awards buzz not so much for the performance than, it seems, for simply being alive.
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| Original Score: 2/4
November 24, 2011
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| Original Score: 3/4
February 9, 2011
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| Original Score: 7/10
November 22, 2010
It's a pleasure to have Peter O'Toole's company here - likely for the last time in a role of such magnitude & majesty, bangs still swept back in boyish wisps and his sky-blue eyes vibrant and hungry. A loving, lyrical, eloquent sonnet to elderly sunsets.
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| Original Score: 4/4
August 28, 2009
Worth seeing for O'Toole's incorrigible twilight jesting
February 28, 2008
While age may have devoured O'Toole's youth, it has been utterly unable to touch his blistering talent, or his eyes which still sparkle with rakish light.
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| Original Score: 7/10
February 22, 2008
The only thing that resonated with me was O'Toole, who is at his playful best playing a role made to order for him of the boozer rascal who could charm a snake.
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| Original Score: B-
November 2, 2007
Zinger lines, wonderful performances and a profound emotional authenticity distinguish a film about the relationship between an old actor and a young woman.
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| Original Score: 4/5
October 22, 2007
Superb acting on life's journey; not for kids.
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| Original Score: 4/5
September 22, 2007
Una comedia dramática agridulce donde brilla con luz propia el formidable Peter O'Toole, en un papel que tiene mucho de sà mismo.
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| Original Score: 3/5
August 4, 2007
There is consequently an authenticity to the movie that's intensified by O'Toole's expectedly masterful performance...
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
June 8, 2007
What makes Venus unforgettable is not the fine direction and script, or Vanessa Redgrave's startling cameo as Maurice's suffering ex-wife, or Whittaker's award-worthy debut; it's that the viewer can't draw a line between O'Toole's career and Maurice's.
May 18, 2007
...neither a romance nor a comedy but an engaging slice of life, a charming treat that reminds us how fragile life is.
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| Original Score: 7/10
May 11, 2007
He quotes Shakespeare; she quotes Kylie Minogue.The plot takes an awkward turn about two-thirds of the way through, but up until then, Kureishi's screenplay offers an intriguing contrast of styles.
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| Original Score: 3/4
May 7, 2007
O'Toole's performance is full of wit and vigor and, even at Maurice's weakest, there is a sense of a man who lived life fully and partook of every pleasure available.
March 16, 2007
Not winning the Oscar takes nothing away from Peter O'Toole's unforgettable performance as Maurice, a gifted, once devastatingly handsome man who, as the doleful lyrics of a recent Morrissey song state, falls in love even as he lies on his deathbed.
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| Original Score: 7/10
March 8, 2007
Vênus se salva do fracasso graças ao veterano Peter O'Toole, que oferece uma performance digna do homem responsável por encarnar figuras inesquecÃveis como T.E. Lawrence, o Rei Henry II e mesmo o absurdo Eli Cross.
Original Score: 3/5
March 7, 2007
Venus isn't just a small-scale character study, but a thing of beauty to be treasured -- just like its star.
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| Original Score: 5/5