Venus (roger michell, 2006)
5 reasons to see this film
1. Peter O'toole and his two friends
That's basically it and some good little music every now and then. Oh and also the poster is cool but yeah, that's about it.
Venus, i can see why people talked so much about Peter O'toole's performance and not the film. O'toole gives a great performance as a loveable old pervert. Yes, he's kind of a pervert in the film...just a bit but his past tells us that he was a famous ladies man. The film starts off really great with O toole and his two friends just talking about people that they knew who have passed away. They laugh about things, call each other fucking bastards and clip each other's toe nails. The film also has many great comedic parts but only i can see O'toole pull off.
Yes, Venus starts off really great and has bits of greatness throughout the film but the thing that gives the film it's scretching hault is leslie phillips. The actress who is opposite of O'toole. It's obvious that we can't expect to much from someone going heads up with O'toole in acting but they should have atleast gotten someone better. Her acting is pretty bad and her accent which is probably her real accent is annoying.
Another flaw in the film is that the filmmakers are clearly trying to say something but they never get there point across. They try to give a little social commentary on how different the youth is from the old, well that's pretty obvious but yet they try. Also some of the interactions between O toole and Phillips are a bit awkward, maybe if they had a more experienced actress it would be passable but yet how the scenes are written out, it is still a bit odd and awkward.
The film is good, not a masterpiece, not great but just good. Leslie's character isn't that well thought out in comparision to O'toole's character. Great performance by O'toole and his two friends and a few great scenes but that's it. I recommend it just to see Peter give one hell of a performance.
Grade B
