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title: "Venus [DVD]"
brand: "peter o'toolejodie whittakerroger michell"
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# Venus [DVD]

**Brand:** peter o'toolejodie whittakerroger michell
**Price:** € 24.40
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- **What is this?** Venus [DVD] by peter o'toolejodie whittakerroger michell
- **How much does it cost?** € 24.40 with free shipping
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Product Description          Academy Award® nominee Peter OToole (2006 Best Actor) leads a powerful cast to deliver a charming and poignant portrayal of Maurice, an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie  the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they dont know about themselves. Featuring brilliant performances from a superb supporting cast, VENUS is a witty and wise celebration of how the greatest lessons in life can come from the most unlikely places.             .com          Peter O'Toole adds another Great One to his list of indelible performances: as Maurice, a frail but defiantly horny London actor in his sunset, O'Toole lays bare his weathered face and sophisticated soul for a marvelous portrait of mortality. Maurice, who mostly hangs out counting pills and parsing obituaries with his fellow old-trouper Ian (Leslie Phillips), is roused to play Pygmalion one final time... not on stage, but in life, as Ian's gauche, callow niece (Jodie Whittaker) comes to live with her uncle. It would be very easy to turn this set-up into a heartwarming drama, but screenwriter Hanif Kureishi (My Beautiful Laundrette) has never been one to warm hearts. Unless it's on his own terms. As Maurice takes his Venus under his frail wing and imparts a few old-school instructions to this junk-culture lass, Kureishi and director Roger Michell hit just the right notes of clumsiness, grace, and regret. Everybody's good in the film; Jodie Whittaker does nicely by the task of creating a rather ordinary young woman, and Vanessa Redgrave turns up as Maurice's patient, long-suffering ex (about whom there is nothing ordinary). But it's O'Toole's show, and the grand old actor gives a performance without a hint of grandness, except where it might fit. When he sighs a valedictory, "There really isn't anything else," you know a life's experiences and mistakes are distilled in the wisdom. --Robert Horton

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## Customer Reviews

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    O'Toole at his elderly best--superb!
  

*by L***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2022*

This is one of the most sensitive and enjoyable movies about an oldster I've yet to find. Nothing fake about the emotions and relationships, which is saying a lot about a movie that sets an old guy with a tough gal who's barely out of her teens. It's a romance without overt sex, but the character O'Toole plays hasn't stopped yearning. Jodie Whittaker (the most recent Dr. Who!) plays the young woman who learns to love, in myriad new ways. A must see, imho.

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    love
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022*

Love Peter O'TooleLove this performance

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    A bit creppy
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2022*

I don't mind age gaps in friendships or relationships...my BF is 20 years younger but this movie the relationship is creppy not quite defined...as in she says you can smell my hair but don't touch me...Could watch the whole thing.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-21*