Dustin Hoffman

...Harvey, not to mention the wildly disparate DNA of the people playing them. Forget about countries: Hoffman and Thompson seem to come from different historical epochs. He's the Graduate; she's Jane Austen. He honks; she murmurs. He's a...

In this article: Emma Thompson, Kate, Last Chance Harvey, E-mail, London, Jane Austen, and Eileen Atkins

...meandering conversations, love begins to bloom. The usually verbal Hoffman makes great use of silence and restraint, patient in unexpected moments, standing back to allow Kate time to feel. There are other fine turns, especially Atkins as...

In this article: Kate, Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey, Eileen Atkins, Richard Linklater, and London

...the Semi-Obligatory Lyrical Interlude. But what's good is very good. Hoffman plays Harvey, a failed jazz pianist who has found success writing jingles for TV ads. Thompson plays Kate, an airport interviewer for a British agency. Harvey...

In this article: Last Chance Harvey, Kate, Emma Thompson, London, Gone with the Wind, and Eileen Atkins

...be together. Hoffman, a shamelessly impish scene-stealer, effortlessly draws us to Harvey and makes us root for him; he's still doing that slightly drawling deadpan that we first saw in "The Graduate," and it's still working. But the movie...

In this article: Kate, Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey, The Graduate, Eileen Atkins, London, and The Seattle Times Company

...chance for a fulfilling life with him. Her job is made slightly easier in this respect by the fact that even a septuagenarian Hoffman has enough charisma to remain an alluring presence on screen. He may shamelessly milk his movie-star...

In this article: Last Chance Harvey, Kate, Emma Thompson, James Brolin, London, New York, and In Search of a Midnight Kiss