Dustin Hoffman stars as Harvey in Last Chance Harvey, and if the trailer's any indication, he's called "Last Chance" for a reason: He's on his way to his daughter's wedding in London, but they've closed the flight. Then his boss calls and fires him from his job. Then he gets to London and his daughter tells him someone else is going to give her away. James Brolin, actually. Her stepfather. But then he gets his "last chance," in the form of Emma Thompson. They meet in a diner and he invites her to lunch. And then they "date." It's cute, and sweet, but this is an "indie" film because they aren't, you know, Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt. Apparently you must fall within a certain age and hotness demographic to get to be in a big love story that's actually a "big" love story. But, hey, at least they get to be the stars in this one, instead of the stepdad, right? At least that's something. I guess.
This movie looks subtle, though, and since Hoffman has seemed to do a lot of ... well, not subtle things lately (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, The Tale of Desperaux), that's a pleasant surprise.
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