Academy Award nominee Peter O'Toole (2006 Best Actor) leads a powerful cast to deliver a charming and poignant portrayal of Maurice, an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie - the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves. Featuring brilliant performances from a superb supporting cast, Venus is a witty and wise celebration of how the greatest lessons in life can come from the most unlikely places.

Academy Award nominee Peter O'Toole (2006 Best Actor) leads a powerful cast to deliver a charming and poignant portrayal of Maurice, an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend.

An aging pair of veteran English actors whose success never quite took hold finds their quiet existence suddenly interrupted by the arrival of one of the men's precocious grandnieces in director Roger Michell's affectionate comedy drama. Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) may still land the occasional paying gig -- Maurice has recently been cast as a corpse in a popular television drama -- but for the most part, their days are spent cataloging their ailments over meals at their favorite caf . Though the arrival of Ian's grandniece Jessie doesn't immediately set so well with her curmudgeonly great uncle, Maurice takes an immediate liking to the girl, and makes it a mission to expose the youngster to some of the bustling capitol's best-known sights. As the newly invigorated septuagenarian does his best to teach the wide-eyed youngster a thing or two about life, he soon comes to realize just how little he truly knows about the subject at such a late point in life. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guid

Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) are old friends and veteran English actors who never got their big break. Now in their seventies, the two enjoy a quiet routine - one that is broken suddenly by the arrival of Ian's grand-niece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker). Jessie quickly tries her great-uncle Ian's patience, while on the other hand, Maurice is quite taken by her. Proceeding to expose Jessie to the culture and sights of London, Maurice tries to impart his infinite wisdom onto the young girl, soon realizing that said wisdom might not be so infinite after all. O'Toole, Phillips and newcomer Whittaker share the screen with Richard Griffiths and Vanessa Redgrave. -