Rent this movie! Like right now!
Last Chance Harvey is a beautiful movie about the importance of family, the trauma of divorce, the pain of loneliness, the need for love, and the longing for a second chance. It’s a movie about our need for redemption.
Now, I love movies where stuff blows up, the bad guy pays and the good guy gets the girl… But the truth is, most of life isn’t like that... It's not that exciting and certainly doesn't come with all those special effects. Most of life just sort of happens…
That’s this movie. It’s a soft, slow, meandering movie that is simply beautiful.
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are at the top of their game. They make acting look easy – effortless. Wow. What I love most about them is that they look and talk like real people… Real people who know all too well the truth of the words of John Lennon, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
Well, life just sort of happened to Harvey (Dustin Hoffman) and Kate Walker (Emma Thompson)… Now they’re in their mid fifties… He’s just been fired from a job where he gave it his all for the last few decades, only to be left with a broken family, an estranged daughter, some forgotten dreams, a haggard heart and a gnawing sense of loneliness that won't go away…
She’s a dutiful daughter who loves her mom and does her job, but has learned to live with disappointment. She’s never really loved… Never really lived…
This simple movie gives us a snapshot of their hearts opening up to life, to love, to romance, to a fresh start and a second chance…
What’s cool about the movie is that their romance doesn’t lead them directly to the bedroom, but instead to all night talks about their pain, their past, their hopes, brokenness, disappointment and dreams… Some of these conversations are poignant, profound, touching...
I was moved by this movie and recommend it to those who, like me, love seeing Wolverine take down Weapon X… Oh, yeah!!! But they also love seeing real people get a much-needed second chance.
Take a chance on Last Chance Harvey today.
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