LAST CHANCE HARVEY

LAST CHANCE HARVEY WORTH ANOTHER CHANCE

Harvey 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.