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82
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Peter O\' Toole is an epitome of classic.

August 21, 2011
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Told with wit, genuine poignancy and all kinds of humor, Venus charts the unlikely relationship between a man in his 70s and a young woman more than half a century his junior.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times

Venus is rollickingly funny at times -- but there's an undercurrent of extraordinarily clear-eyed sadness.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

O'Toole is frail and probably won't make many more movies. So Venus is pitched partly as a fond farewell to a beloved artist, and his whole beautiful generation.Full Review

Noel Murray
The Onion (A.V. Club)

Since the movie is about desire -- not so much for sex as for the vitality and surprise that sex can provide -- it is also about power. Few writers can match Mr. Kureishi's knowing wit on this subject, or his skill at dissecting the shifting dynamics of longing and domination.Full Review

A.O. Scott
The New York Times

Director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi take a deeper, edifying interest in the moral ambiguities that arise between Maurice and Jessie. And thanks to our warm investment in both characters, we're more than willing to sign up for this existential ride. We allow this relationship -- and the movie -- to take us places we'd never usually go.Full Review

Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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