Review of Venus (2006) by Sean Axmaker for Seattle Post-Intelligencer — 25 Jan 2007
Venus is the second film from director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi to explore the sexual lives of folk that the movies treat as sexless -- the elderly. But where "The Mother" was a cold film of sexual greed and emotional pettiness, this robust yet delicate comic drama finds a kind of dignity in the old lothario whose vital life force struggles against a failing body.
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This review of Venus (2006) was written by Sean Axmaker and published by Seattle Post-Intelligencer on 25 Jan 2007.
Venus has generally received positive reviews.
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