Last Chance Harvey [Blu-ray] starring
Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman
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Anyone who’s seen the trailer for Last Chance Harvey can easily guess
how it ends. In fact, the title alone is a clue. But the destination is hardly
the point with movies like this; it’s the journey that counts, and this one is
pretty entertaining. You could call director-writer Joel Hopkins’ film a
romantic comedy, but it’s not especially robust in either of those
departments. This is more of a character study, and veteran lead actors
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are well up to the task of bringing
theirs to life. Both are awkward, lonely, social misfits. Hoffman’s Harvey
Shine is a bit of a schlub; his gig as a jingle composer in jeopardy,
estranged from his ex-wife (Kathy Baker) and daughter (Liane Balaban),
he flies to London for the latter’s wedding, only to have her tell him that she
has chosen her step-father (James Brolin) rather than him to give her
away. Meanwhile, Kate Walker (Thompson) spends her days trying to
survey harried travelers at Heathrow Airport, answering her meddling
mother’s constant stream of cell phone calls, and awaiting the all-to-
inevitable onset of spinsterhood. Harvey has already brushed her off once
when, having put in a humiliating appearance at the wedding and missed
his return flight to America, he runs into her in an airport bar. What ensues-
-the initial repartee and sarcastic snarking, the gradual breaking of the ice,
the burgeoning attraction, the complications and misunderstandings--is
entirely predictable. But it’s also well done. These are people one might
actually identify with; when Kate tells him, I’m more comfortable with being
disappointed. I’m angry with you for trying to take that away, one senses a
real person in there, which helps raise Last Chance Harvey above its
conventions. --Sam Graham Fennessy
Get to Know the Cast From Last Chance Harvey Dustin Hoffman
(Harvey) Emma Thompson (Kate) Kathy Baker (Jean)
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* When it comes to love, is it ever too late to take a chance? Academy
Award winners "Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are perfect together
in a movie that reminds us that true love, can indeed, come to those who
wait" (Sandy Kenyon, WABC-TV). "Utterly charming, Hoffman and
Thompson make a winning combo" (Lou Lumenick, New York Post) in
Last Chance Harvey as two guarded stran
I saw the trailer for this movie a whi le ago and thought I would definitely
not see it. The trailer somehow missed all the sweetness and poignancy of
the film. I thought it would be about two people being miserable and lonely
together. It's exactly the opposite. It's two people becoming vibran t and
alive together, and it's pitch perfect. The tearful moments in the movie are
so genuine, so moving, especially because of the acting. When these
characters suffer and when they connect, you just sob for them because
their suffering, their sharing, is so real. And the pacing is fantastic. It
carries you along easily -- not a single scene is too long and not a single
moment drags. I can't believe how moving this movie is while at the same
time being so enjoyable, almost light. And the chemistry between Hoffman
and Thompson is surprisingly perfect. Goodness. I wish they would make a
sequel.
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