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Venus Details

2006

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Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager. Read more

Starring	Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Vanessa Redgrave, Jodie Whittaker
Director	Roger Michell
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama

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Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.

Starring	Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Vanessa Redgrave, Jodie Whittaker
Director	Roger Michell
Studio	BUENA VISTA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 35 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama
Language	DVD: English, English Audio Description LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 2006 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 13 Dec 2011 To Rent: DVD: 23 Jul 2007
Watch now	£2.49

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- Life changes suddenly for two veterans in this comedy, when they meet a brash teenager. read more »
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  A Witty and wonderful life portrait
  
  This is certainly not a morose old guys film, it is in parts awkward but certainly upbeat and hilarious rather ... read more »
  
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  How to reduce a girl to domestic and sexual functions
  
  Disappointing. The actors do their best with an appalling script. It seems all Hanif Kureishi can manage to do with the aspirations of a young, working class ... read more »
  
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  Moving ...with one jarring note
  
  A wonderful, tender film. It is a joy to watch O'Toole and his buddies (Particularly Leslie Phillips) showing the humour and pathos of old age. The only ... read more »
  
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  Don't waste any time on this!
  
  Started with appalling language which we hoped would improve but it actually descended into a crass caricature totally beneath what we had thought was the ... read more »
  
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