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Venus 94 minutes, UK (2006), 15
(4.0)
Rating: 4.0 Stars
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Peter O'Toole and Jodie Whittaker in Venus

Wicked veterans Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips play ageing actors with a very different attitude to a teenage girl who arrives at their door

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Venus: In their last collaboration, The Mother, director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi charted a torrid affair between a middle-aged woman and a much younger man. In Venus they switch the genders around, stretch the age gap even further and lighten up. This is a funny, saucy and surprising comedy, and a poignant reflection on mortality...
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