Last Chance Harvey

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  • Opened December 25, 2008 
  • 1 hr 32 min
  • PG-13 | brief strong language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman), misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate (Emma Thompson), 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. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Eileen Atkins
  • Director: Joel Hopkins
  • Genres: Romance

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

Harvey is so thin it barely registers as a movie, yet these two actors - British apples and American oranges in their respective approaches to character - almost miraculously weave something memorable out of nothing much. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Last Chance Harvey is the "Before Sunrise" for the over-45 set. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

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

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Dustin Hoffman as Harvey Shine, Kathy Baker as Jean and James Brolin as Brian in "Last Chance Harvey."