Venus


Venus
An old actor, facing prostate surgery, meets and makes friends with the grandniece of one of his buddies. Despite the huge age difference between them, they find themselves drawn together, and things eventually start to get a little sexual between them.

94 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

And Venus was her name....
And Venus was her name....

Credits

Cast
Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa Redgrave
Director
Roger Michell
ScreenplayHanif Kureishi
MusicDavid Arnold, Corinne Bailey Rae
CinematographyHaris Zambarloukos
EditingNicolas Gaster
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in2006
Produced byFree Range Films, Film Four, Miramax Films, UK Film Council

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageFrequently mild to strong
NudityInfrequently implied
SexNone
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsThe theme is complex, dealing with an adult and mature subject of relationships and sensuality.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
5
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
0
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
2
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
2
Frightening / Tense Scenes
1
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
2
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
3


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Yazeed Kamaldien
10
Die Burger
Mariana Malan
15
Cape Times
Kenneth Turan
20
Mail & Guardian
Shaun de Waal
18
The Citizen
Bruce Dennill
16
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
24.com
Alistair Fairweather
20
BBC
Stella Papamichael
10
Box Office
Kevin Courrier
10
eye Weekly
Adam Nayman
10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
15
ScreenIt
11

What the People say

Internet
1308 Netizens
14

Average .. 71%

14




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