Monday, July 20, 2009

Pass the Popcorn: Last Chance Harvey

Last Chance Harvey follows a broken Dustin Hoffman as he courts an equally depressing Emma Thompson for two days in London. Although the characters aren't all smiles, the story is sweet and subtle. Another airplane movie, I did enjoy this Woody Allen-esque story. It has a slow pace but worth the time.
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2 comments:

Eric Strahl said...

I enjoyed it very much. I believe that the reason I did was that I saw the movie as character study on the modern aging American man. Chords of Willy Loman, a role Dustin Hoffman has played on stage, are struck quite intentionally and I felt as though Hoffman really owned the bent but not broken persona that carried the film quite nicely.

4:12 PM
Burtopia said...

I totally agree. Again, I would have loved to go a little more in depth on this one. I like the Annie Hall nature of their encounter, especially since I didn't like Annie Hall. This was an understated and much better version in my mind.

6:07 PM

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