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Last Chance Harvey

Name: Last Chance Harvey
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2008
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Liane Balaban

Taste attributes: comedydramaromanceweddingtried & testedwholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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

Boxlist takeUncomplicated and breezy: a stylish romantic comedy, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: true to life · Story: very simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.2 /10

TMDB · 189 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

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