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Grand illusions.(Venus)(Movie review)(Brief article)
Byline: John Powers
In Venus, Peter O'Toole plays Maurice, an aging actor infatuated with his friend's 20-year-old niece (Jodie Whittaker), a brassy working-class gal who makes Eliza Doolittle seem as refined as Audrey Hepburn. Although the old actor's randy yearnings are a bit creepy, screenwriter Hanif Kureishi gives this Venus her dignity, fills the screen with jokes-Maurice's byplay with his
theater pals is very funny-and lets his charismatic 74-year-old star steal the show by playing a romanticized version of himself. Gracefully directed by Roger Michell, the movie is a ...
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