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Last Chance Harvey

2008 · 99 min

A gentle, bittersweet romance about two lonely people finding connection, with quiet charm and emotional honesty.

Directed by
Joel Hopkins
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
When it comes to love, is it ever too late to take a chance?
Overview
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an endless cycle of work, phone calls from her mother, and blind dates. A connection forms between the unhappy pair, who soon find themselves falling in love.

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Directed by
Joel Hopkins
Genres
Drama, Romance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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