Last Chance Harvey Movie Review (video)
I went to go see the Victoria premiere of Last Chance Harvey with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson this evening and I thought it was a good film. My partner snorted “chick flick” but he must have been touched by it because he cried at the wedding scene. Of course he is notorious for crying at weddings. He cried at our wedding and cries just thinking about our daughter, or son getting married in the future. I find it to be one of his most endearing qualities but me personally…not so much a gusher at weddings.
The movie was sweet and charming and although it was a love story, the closest Hoffman and Thompson get to sex is one short, closed mouth kiss. Hoffman, a baby boomer, under-appreciated and addicted to a job he has begun to hate, flies to London to see his daughter get married. The relationship between father Hoffman and daughter Susan is strained given Hoffman’s divorce from her mother Jean. Jean is now remarried to a really tanned, tall, smooth talking guy….you know the kind who always knows what to say. Things go from bad to worse for Hoffman and it is when life appears to be at its lowest he reaches out and meets Thompson. It is interesting to see how so many movies including this one portray singles as awkward, sad, and depressed. I think it is quite unfortunate. I won’t tell you the end of the story but worth checking out if you are looking for a good chick flick.
Note: It would take a lot more than a micro-short, closed mouth kiss to make me consider relocating for somebody….just saying.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
January 13th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Your review will now make me want to see the movie.
“It is interesting to see how so many movies including this one portray singles as awkward, sad, and depressed.”
I’m sick of that portrayal. Being single, & now older, I resent it as I’m quite content to be who I am & get along with myself quite well. I am not dependent on having a “partner” to so-call “complete myself” or to fill some hole inside myself. That is ridiculous. To look externally for fulfillment is totally unnecessary.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Agreed penlan. Let me know what you think if you do go see it.
If or when I become single again I certainly hope it wouldn’t be that bad. I like to think that by that age I would be totally comfortable in my own skin, with a partner or on my own.