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By Philip Kemp (186) for Total Film (3,532) on 26 Jan 2007

A gentle, funny and melancholy look at the ravages of age and time, with an irresistible star performance at its heart. Oscar prospects, surely…

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By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 25 Jan 2007

A loose, shambling framework for the icon to caper, rage, charm, and otherwise do whatever pops into his head at the moment…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 24 Jan 2007

O'Toole…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for FilmStew.com (638) on 23 Jan 2007

A non-scientific sample of 10 boomer film fans found that the majority either knew absolutely nothing of the movie or expressed little to no…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 19 Jan 2007

Peter O'Toole clearly has fun with the role of an elderly, veteran actor, but he might also be exorcising some personal demons…

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By Jane Stevenson (47) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 19 Jan 2007

Peter O'Toole delivers an Oscar-worthy performance that is alternately hilarious and poignant…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 19 Jan 2007

Venus adheres to the general parameters of conventional Hollywood with such cheek, intelligence and sheer self-deprecating nastiness that it…

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By Laura Emerick (9) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 19 Jan 2007

With wonderful testaments like Lawrence, Lion and now Venus, O'Toole will always live on…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 19 Jan 2007

Even though Venus does feature a teenager named Jessie, whom O'Toole's character takes a shine to, the truth is, Jessie is just a stand-in…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 19 Jan 2007

Venus director Roger Michell is not above holding the movie out as O'Toole's swan song, but the movie is so obscenity-laced, so unsentimental…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 18 Jan 2007

O'Toole is still a magnificent actor after all these years and he carries the film well…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 18 Jan 2007

Bids a gracious goodbye to adolescence misspent and a defiant 'piss off' to old age not spent at all…

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By Ted Murphy (205) for Murphy's Movie Reviews (147) on 11 Jan 2007

The movie belongs to O'Toole who gets to strut his stuff and the role has been carefully tailored to his talents…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 08 Jan 2007

It makes a nice arc from an entertaining beginning to a bittersweet ending…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 07 Jan 2007

This question lingered: why should we even be interested…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (630) on 05 Jan 2007

O'Toole is still gallant enough to almost, almost redeem the lecherousness…

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By Josh Hurst (38) for Christianity Today (953) on 05 Jan 2007

O'Toole's luminous presence -- his grace and dignity, his humor and his gravity -- holds the film together and sometimes elevates it to greatness…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 04 Jan 2007

You'd better practice a few acceptance speeches, Mr. O'Toole…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for Observer (1,042) on 03 Jan 2007

If indeed Venus is his swan song, it resounds with a sweetly magnificent melody. Don't miss it…

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By Bryant Frazer (316) for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (294) on 02 Jan 2007

Peter O'Toole's Maurice isn't one of those stock characters, like the Lovable Codger or the Misanthropic Coot, we know from sweet Britflicks…

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