Last Chance Harvey

Last Chance Harvey is a 2008 American romantic drama film written and directed by Joel Hopkins. The screenplay focuses on two lonely people who tentatively forge a relationship during two days. Dustin Hoffman plays the title character, Harvey Shine, an American television commercial jingles composer who travels to England for his estranged daughter's wedding and promptly loses his job. Emma Thompson plays an airport hospitality worker with a jaundiced view of relationships. Plot Divorced American Harvey Shine writes television commercial jingles, despite being a jazz pianist and composer. As he departs for his daughter Susan's wedding in London his job is tenuous. Upon arrival at Heathrow, he encounters single Londoner Kate Walker who collects statistics from passengers as they pass through the terminals. Harvey brusquely dismisses her, as he is anxious to get to his hotel. At the hotel, Harvey finds he is the only wedding guest booked there, as the house his ex-wife Jean rented is for all the US guests—except him. At the rehearsal dinner, Harvey is clearly an outsider to his daughter's life and excluded from Jean's new husband Brian's clan. Their insincere politeness makes him uncomfortable.