Venus is a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, a beautiful story and beautifully acted. The star turn coming from Peter O'Toole and his performance in no way taking the focus away from that of Leslie Phillips who is also wonderful.
The story of a friendship between an elderly actor and a young niece of his long standing friend. The girl who seems the polar opposite of the two aged actors is at the first the object of O'Toole's characters lustful admiration but their relationship soon becomes about more than this. Venus quickly takes you on a whirlwind of emotion, moving you, breaking your heart and finally dumping you back down in the Cafe where you first met the actors.
Wonderfully photographed, barring a few shots which seemed out of place the film is subtle and draws emotion from it's leading characters. The directing is not forceful but rather encourages the viewer to ease earlier concerns about the relationship.
I lost myself in this film. I believed the characters, I believed the situation, I felt the emotions, the desperation and laughed regularly throughout. It is testament to the film that it should provide such a range of emotions, a very good film and one with lasting effect. This is not a blockbuster, do not see it for special effects. See it because you are human and it is not very regularly that we get to be shown something that tells how to feel something better than you could have ever felt it in real life.
I recommend this film.
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