Last Chance Harvey

Last Chance Harvey (2008)

  • 70% of critics liked it
    (152 reviews)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (26,725 ratings)

A disastrous trip to London proves to have a silver lining for a middle-aged American jingle writer in this romantic slice-of-life drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Harvey (Hoffman) is about to lose his unfulfilling dead-end job writing jingles when he boards a plane to attend his… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Joel Hopkins
Written By
Joel Hopkins
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Jan 16, 2009 Wide
On DVD
May 5, 2009
Overture Films

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    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?

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    These two actors are so strong that in the end we are left with a sweet and a tender movie.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    Sure, it's predictable at times, and maybe even a little sappy, but overall it's a sweet movie about genuine human emotion.

  • Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

    Watching Hoffman and Thompson tentatively discover each other is joyously tender.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    What's in it for Emma? And the answer is ... not much.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    Two of life's failures, convincingly portrayed by Hoffman and Thompson, collide in London to discover that perhaps they aren't such consummate failures after all. An actor's showcase, the leads are the workhorses that really sell this little intimate film about two… More

  • Josh M


    Last Chance Harvey is a charming, highly predictable, and impeccably acted vehicle for the charisma and chemistry of Hoffman and Thompson. Almost every scene rings truly to life, with a wry and melancholy empathy. A sixty-ish man facing total family and career meltdown, and a… More

  • Fernando Rafael Q


    I actually thought this was going to be a very light, breezy comedy in the vein of Nancy Meyers, so imagine the disappointment when I find Last Chance Harvey is incredibly uncomfortable. Dustin Hoffman plays Harvey, a loser who's ignored and pushed aside at work and by his… More

  • Anthony L


    At times it does start to feel like Last Chance Harvey is going to go over well charted territory and straight into cliche but it just manages to pull itself away. That and the fact its two main stars are Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson make it an instantly likable film. Likable… More

  • E.J. B


    Stories like this can only play out in the movies. A man goes through a life changing experience, finds love, and rights all his wrongs in the span of a few days. The plot contrivances are aplenty. But the movie isn't so bad, because Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson give two… More

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