Venus

2006
15
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

14K

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Comedy Drama Romance

Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

14K

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 21 nominations total

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9/10

An Oscar for O'Toole? Beautiful, yet tragic

More Mother than Notting Hill. Peter O'Toole is brilliant -- creepy, lovable, objectionable and yet so vulnerable as the aging, forgotten actor in this "kind of makes you squirm in your seat" love/obsession story. I viewed it at the closing night of the Chicago International Film Festival. The tone and feel of the film places you squarely in Maurice's (O'Toole) gloomy, last chapter of life journey as well as Jesse's (Jodie Whittiker) bratty, just getting her own life started journey. Outstanding cinematography, score and music. Wonderfully haunting! V. Redgrave is terrific and beautiful. Oscar's all around for this funny, sometimes creepy, real look at two people finding each other at the most unexpected time in their lives.

Cathy-193
Oct 19, 2006
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Trivia
This marked Peter O'Toole's eighth and final nomination for a Best Actor Academy Award. The first was for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 44 years earlier. He lost every time and therefore holds the record for the most Academy Award acting nominations without a win. However, he received an honorary Oscar for his lifetime work in 2002.

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In the newspaper fight scene in the restaurant, the waitress is seen about a foot behind Maurice as he is initially attacked. From the opposite camera angle, the waitress alternates between being missing or about ten feet away.