Directed by:
Joel HopkinsScreenplay:
Joel HopkinsCinematography:
John de BormanCast:
Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Liane Balaban, James Brolin, Richard Schiff, Bronagh Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine, Patrick Baladi (more)VOD (1)
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Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is one of life's losers. A would-be jazz pianist, he earns his living in a dead-end job writing advertising jingles. When he flies to London for his daughter's wedding, he is dismayed to learn that his daughter would prefer her stepfather (James Brolin) to walk her down the aisle. While drowning his sorrows, Harvey meets Kate (Emma Thompson), a 40-something employee of the National Office for Statistics whose life has hithero been limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins). Despite numerous setbacks and misunderstandings, a gradual connection forms between Kate and Harvey that will transform both of their lives. (Momentum Pictures)
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About a different generation, for a different generation, with the most predictable possible course from beginning to end, and yet it manages to captivate, especially thanks to the central duo. I trusted them both without reservation, which is the alpha and omega of everything in this type of film.
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