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26 January 2007 (UK) moreTagline:
The most acclaimed actor of his generation in the role of a lifetimePlot:
Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
How About You (From The AV Club. 13 November 2008, 1:02 PM, PST)
Oscar Nods Lift Box Office for Classy Films
(From Studio Briefing. 29 January 2007)
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Peter O'Toole falls in love with 20 year old moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter O'Toole | ... | Maurice |
 | Leslie Phillips | ... | Ian |
| Beatrice Savoretti | ... | Waitress |
| Philip Fox | ... | Doctor |
 | Lolita Chakrabarti | ... | Health Centre Nurse |
| Carolina Giammetta | ... | Health Centre Nurse |
| Jodie Whittaker | ... | Jessie |
| Kellie Shirley | ... | Royal Court Actress |
| Ashley Madekwe | ... | Royal Court Actress |
| Ony Uhiara | ... | Royal Court Actress |
| Cathryn Bradshaw | ... | Jillian |
| Joanna Croll | ... | Hospital Drama Family |
| Liam McKenna | ... | Hospital Drama Family |
| Meg Wynn Owen | ... | Hospital Drama Family (as Meg Wynn-Owen) |
| Sam Spruell | ... | Hospital Director |
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Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
95 min | Canada:95 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:R | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Sweden:7 | Finland:K-11MOVIEmeter: 
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The painting Maurice and Jessie discuss at the art gallery is Diego Velazquez's - the Toilet of Venus, aka, the Rokeby Venus, aka, la Venus del Espejo. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the newspaper fight scene in the restaurant, the waitress is seen about a foot behind Maurice as he is initially attacked. From the opposite camera angle, the waitress alternates between being missing or about ten feet away. moreQuotes:
Maurice: This other man, the other man who loved you, was he not kind to you?Jessie: He was kind, for a time. He promised me things. He bought me stuff. We had champagne and there were roses.
Maurice: Then you got pregnant.
Jessie: Does everyone know?
Maurice: It's happened to girls before.
Jessie: Then... then he stopped being kind. He went the other way. A long way that way. He were engaged. I didn't know. It wasn't a miscarriage. My mum called it that. It were an abortion. And she made me.
Maurice: Terrible.
Jessie: Yeah. Yeah.
Maurice: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer's lease hath all too short a date: sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, and often is his gold completion dimm'd...
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Clarinet Quintet - Allegro moreFAQ
Jodie Whittaker looks a lot like the Redgrave/Richardson family. Any relation?more
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Peter O'Toole, as a great actor, has a certain transcendent charisma that has not diminished with age. It is well worth it to see this movie just for him. The life affirming message implicit in his brilliance preserved in old age goes well with the main theme of the film itself, which is the perseverance of vitality in the elderly.
The movie is a black comedy, and achieves both the blackness and the comedy perfectly. A scene where O'Toole accidentally barges into a room where his young love interest is modeling nude (while trying to spy on her)is especially hilarious. And his attempts to deal with catheter troubles are darkly hilarious. The movie is a poignant portrait of old age and an uplifting story of young love.