DVD Review: Last Chance Harvey - Page 2

While Last Chance Harvey is sort of a romantic comedy for the past-middle-age set, it doesn’t really bother with typical rom-com script structure – which you may consider a good or bad thing. As tired as the genre is, the conflicts in this script are so minor, the film never has much of a sense of drive, simply meandering along agreeably for 90 minutes. Last Chance Harvey is extremely easy to digest, but an impish Hoffman and a sympathetic Thompson keep things charming and sweet. This will never be considered a career highlight for either, but they’ve got chemistry to spare.

The two-disc DVD contains the film presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, along with a dull making-of featurette that proclaims the film is an “unconventional love story” and a full-length audio commentary with Hoffman, Thompson, and Hopkins on the first disc. The second is simply the full-frame version of the film.

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Dusty Somers hails from Seattle, and is a journalism student at the University of Oklahoma. He enjoys spending time and watching films with his wife, and looks forward to their imminent return to the great Northwest.

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