Fresh
Nimble dialogue, a brace of insightful moments and a slightly chocolate-box view of our city, lend 'Last Chance Harvey' a warmth and wisdom which outshine the more timeworn elements of the screenplay.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Last Chance Harvey
When it comes to love, is it ever too late to take a chance?
2008 · 1h 39m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Joel Hopkins
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Last Chance Harvey
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
All this gloomy masochism is made palatable because of the performers. And yet we must ask: Is this any way to show off two of our finest actors?
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
These two actors are so strong that in the end we are left with a sweet and a tender movie.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Fresh
Sure, it's predictable at times, and maybe even a little sappy, but overall it's a sweet movie about genuine human emotion.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Fresh
Watching Hoffman and Thompson tentatively discover each other is joyously tender.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
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