Venus

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 28, 2026 Venus = a *4* star movie!!! See more Munkhchimeg T @RT64187897 Aug 10, 2024 Acting performances are highlighted. Very good and impressive. See more Bahad j @RT27093708 Aug 10, 2024 The costumes of the actors seemed to be very real, as if they were in their roles. The dress is really beautiful. See more Films On Blast F @RT24104992 May 31, 2023 bloody brilliant! loved it! definitely watch this film if you haven't, and rewatch it if it's been a long time. Off to theatre! See more Kyle M @RT77296778 Apr 9, 2023 Despite some pacing and turns, there's nuanced unspoken depth to accept the character-driven connective direction appreciatively further, seemingly by possibility inspired by "Lost in Translation", with occasional humor and reflective drama as Peter O'Toole graces the story with a felt personally authentic approach as both his contemporary definitive staple and one of his finest hours. (B) See more Christina B @yorkshirefilmwriter Jan 1, 2023 The former bad boy and 'hellraiser' of 1960s British cinema leads a twilight-years British film about the loss of youth, ageing, and death. Peter O'Toole's predatory lead, Maurice Russell, wrangles with his mortality while lusting over Jodie Whittaker's Jessie, the teenage 'Venus'. Excellent lead performances bring out the unsettling and, more often, creepy ambiguity of their relationship. Is Maurice falling back into bad habits, lusting over age-inappropriate women? Or do deeper feelings for Jessie mask a needed confrontation with his own mortality? It's necessarily unnerving and unclear. The most frustrating aspect of the film is Venus' ending: death comes suddenly and yet quietly, with a warm embrace that fends off further loss and suffering. For a film overshadowed by the prospect of death, this is more of mawkish ending than truthful finale. See more Read all reviews

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