Last Chance Harvey

2008

92 mins

Directed by Joel Hopkins
72%
53%
14+
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Baby boomer romance with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Hoffman plays New York jingle writer Harvey (Hoffman), who upon arriving... More

Baby boomer romance with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Hoffman plays New York jingle writer Harvey (Hoffman), who upon arriving in London for his daughter's wedding is informed she wants her step-father to give her away. Royally hacked off and trying to hide his dissapointment, Harvey skips the reception heading straight to the airport. But he misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain he won't be back at work on Monday, he's fired on the spot. While drowning his sorrows in the Heathrow bar, he meets Kate (Emma Thompson), an airport worker with a few problems of her own. Both their lives are changed as a new relationship blooms amid some of London’s most scenic locales.

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Last Chance Harvey | Ratings & Reviews

72_%153 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
53_%27,816 reviews
Audience score rating
14+Age suitability
Children & Media rating

"Stars Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson (reunited after 2006's "Stranger Than Fiction") are so disarmingly charming that even the most treacly moments work an emotional magic."

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Variety

"There’s something irresistible about watching two people fall in love, even in contrived, sniffle- and sometimes gag-inducing films like Last Chance Harvey."

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The New York Times

"Last Chance Harvey is a tremendously appealing love story surrounded by a movie not worthy of it."

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Roger Ebert

"Two great actors turn a sentimental script into irresistible entertainment."

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New Zealand Herald

"Writer/director Joel Hopkins seems lost in a limbo between attempting a film of true intimacy, and the grandstanding of his English romcom stablemates like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually."

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Newshub

"Small and surprisingly hopeful film, with beautifully attenuated performances by Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson."

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Los Angeles Times

"Imagine Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" saddled with more sentimentality and sprinkled with a few more laughs and you pretty much have Last Chance Harvey."

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