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Director:
Writer:
Joel Hopkins (writer)
Release Date:
16 January 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's about first loves, last chances and everything in between. more
Plot:
In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. more
NewsDesk:
(147 articles)
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(From EW.com - PopWatch. 11 November 2009, 7:30 AM, PST)
DVD Review: Last Chance Harvey
(From HeyUGuys. 9 November 2009, 9:30 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Shamelss Botch; Blame Director / Screenwriter; Stars are Fine more (77 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Harvey Shine | |
| Emma Thompson | ... | Kate Walker | |
| Eileen Atkins | ... | Maggie Walker | |
| Kathy Baker | ... | Jean | |
| Liane Balaban | ... | Susan | |
| James Brolin | ... | Brian | |
| Richard Schiff | ... | Marvin | |
| Tim Howar | ... | Johnnie | |
| Wendy Mae Brown | ... | Aggie | |
| Bronagh Gallagher | ... | Oonagh | |
| Jeremy Sheffield | ... | Matt | |
| Daniel Lapaine | ... | Scott | |
| Patrick Baladi | ... | Simon | |
| Adam James | ... | Josh Hillman | |
| Michael Landes | ... | Peter Turner |
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
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93 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #44804) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:AL | Finland:S | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Mexico:A | Ireland:12A | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:12 | Japan:G
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Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman worked so well together in 'Stranger Than Fiction (2006)', they wanted to do another project together and got involved in "Last Chance Harvey". more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Susan's wedding reception was in the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in London on the 14th floor according to the elevator when Kate was leaving the party. There are only eight floors in the Grosvenor House Hotel. more
Quotes:
Harvey Shine: I'm gonna dance your socks off. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) more
FAQ
Is "Last Chance Harvey" based on a novel?A Note Regarding Spoilers
Why did Susan wear a casual suit for the wedding and then change into a full-length formal for the reception. Isn't it usually the other way around?
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I liked Emma Thompson before seeing "Last Chance Harvey," but while watching this wretched little botch of a "film," I really came to love Emma Thompson. That she could glimmer like the sun in such a waste of celluloid is proof that she is a gift to the film-goer.
Aside from Thompson's sunny, intelligent, witty and poignant performance, this movie is a dreadful waste. Even Dustin Hoffman, who I thought could NEVER bore me, is all but invisible here in a thankless, limp, derivative, pointless, script that would have to rise up several notches to reach "Lifeline TV movie" quality.
"Last Chance Harvey" is meant to be a romantic comedy. If, at any point in the movie, Dustin Hoffman's Harvey character suddenly whipped out a knife and stabbed Kate (Emma Thompson) to death, and it was revealed that the entire time he was a crazed stalker who has murdered women in order to steal their life savings, that scene would have fit beautifully with everything that had gone before. The film is that devoid of romance, that devoid of comedy, that devoid of characterization. All we know about Harvey is that he drinks too much, and he is a social and economic loser who has failed his wife, his daughter, and his boss. Thompson endures his awkward insistence on taking her time, but why? Nothing is believable, nothing is at stake, nothing happens.
I won't tell you how it ends, but I can say that I kept urging Emma Thompson's character to walk away from Harvey, permanently.
This is all, obviously, the fault of the director and screenwriter, whose name I won't even mention here. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I just want to warn viewers away from this movie.
Some viewers argue that even though the movie is not that good, older people should go see it, because Hoffman is 71 and Thompson is 49. Baloney. Why should audiences accept shlocky, inept, insipid, lifeless movies just because they are older? Older audiences deserve just as much craft, art, mystery, profundity, dollars visibly splayed on screen as any teenage male comic book action hero fan.
"Last Chance Harvey" is the movie industry saying to older people: "Look. We know you aren't chomping at the bit to see the latest Batman or teen gross out comedy. We know you are desperate. We know that once we plunk Hoffman and Thompson into this movie, and put them both in London, you'll come see it. So don't expect a script, or a plot, or any direction, or production values, either, other than costuming Hoffman and Thompson in matching trench coats."