Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 93 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Joel Hopkins
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and James Brolin
IMDb score:
6,6 (23.335)
Releasedate: 25 December 2008
Last Chance Harvey plot
"When it comes to love, is it ever too late to take a chance?"
New Yorker Harvey Shine is on the brink of losing his meaningless job as a jingle writer. He is warned by his boss that it is his last chance to deliver new material. Harvey then goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's wedding, promising to be back Monday morning to attend an important meeting. After it turns out that he is estranged from his daughter, he misses his flight, with all the consequences that entails. But then he meets Kate.
Actors and actresses
Harvey Shine
Kate Walker
Maggie Walker
Jean
Susan Shine Wright
Scott Wright
Brian
Marvin
Aggie
Oonagh
Reviews & comments
moviegirl2
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- 315 messages
- 310 votes
Very sweet heartfelt movie.
To be fair, the film is carried by Hoffman and Thompson. Boy what a good acting they say, especially Thompson plays very believable. I'm just finishing adolescence but really enjoyed the movie. I love that the characters are quite well developed, from both protagonists you get a piece of past in an unforced way so that you can really empathize.
The romance between Kate and Harvey has its cliché moments, of course, but it never gets annoying. I wouldn't call it Rom COM either, I found the film a lot heavier than the average lighthearted rom-coms. A little more to the drama side.
Kudos to the lead actors.
3.5*
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Movsin
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- 8331 messages
- 8448 votes
Melo, sentimental, etc... but still beautiful and with aspects from the reality of life and yet with a number of handsome actors, including Liane Balaban.
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memorable
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- 173 messages
- 1696 votes
A nothing that is conventional, or rather clichéd in every fiber, yet for some reason does not become a monstrosity. The obvious explanation for this can be found in the acting mastodons who give appearances here, but there is more. Possibly it has to do with the fact that a person now and then wants to hang back to eat an easy viewer, the director is aware of this, and therefore just does what awaits him. You must in any case deny the director that the work has pretentiousness.
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