Last Chance Harvey

"When it comes to love, is it ever too late to take a chance?"

Jan 16 2009 PG-13 1h 33m
Drama, Romance

In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an endless cycle of work, phone calls from her mother, and blind dates. A connection forms between the unhappy pair, who soon find themselves falling in love.

Plot

Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is in London for the weekend for his daughter Susan's (Liane Balaban's) wedding. His work in New York City preoccupies him: he writes music for ads, and he knows his boss Marvin (Richard Schiff) is pushing him aside for younger talent. With family, he's also on the sidelines - long divorced, his wife Jean (Kathy Baker) remarried, her husband Brian (James Brolin) is closer to his daughter than him. His path crosses that of Kate Walker (Dame Emma Thompson), unmarried, her life becoming that of a spinster, set up by friends on blind dates leading nowhere. After Harvey's no good terrible day, he talks to Kate at a Heathrow bar. She's not interested. Where can this conversation lead? Back at his daughter's reception, Brian rises to give a toast.

Written by

Joel Hopkins

Directed by

Joel Hopkins

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Overture Films, Process Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

Trailers
Last Chance Harvey (2008) Trailer
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