O'Toole is the reason to see Venus
Peter O'Toole delivers a marvelous performance in this character study of an aging, erudite actor infatuated with a 20-something woman in need of a good finishing school. She makes him feel alive again while she becomes genuinely fond of him and becomes more aware of the world around her and perhaps a bit less self-centered than she is at the start of the film. This is essentially a character study and the film feels bit thin even at 90 minutes, but when O'Toole is on the screen you can't take your eyes off him.