LAST CHANCE HARVEY WORTH ANOTHER CHANCEHarvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) isn't the most successful man in life. In fact, the older he gets, the more the important things slip away; his now ex-wife, his job and now, on the eve of her wedding, his daughter. He's kind of a please-and-thank-you man. No waves, no stirring of the pot, not even as much as a whimper. He heads to London to the wedding, waiting for an important call back about the last jingle he has written. As he finds himself cast off from the 'new' nuclear family; which involves his ex's new husband and his daughter's 'new dad'). He almost melts down into a pool of despair and then he meets Kate (Emma Thompson). Thus begins the hint of a romance at in addition, Harvey finds his self-esteem. This is a typical Yankee man who lives his life around work instead of relationships. The transition he makes from wimp to super man; kind of. His "super man" is just a regular man who has found that he can be assertive, a rebel, and a man who takes from life rather than a spectator. It's a movie about real people, real relationships and real triumph.
BITE: Slow to build, but very fulfilling character drama.
