Harvey Shine is in London for the weekend for his daughter's wedding. His work in New York preoccupies him: he writes music for ads, and he knows his boss is pushing him aside for younger talent.
With family he's also on the sidelines - long divorced, his wife remarried, her husband closer to his daughter than he. His path crosses that of Kate Walker, unmarried, her life becoming that of a spinster, set up by friends on blind dates leading nowhere.
After Harvey's no good terrible day, he chats Kate up at a Heathrow bar. She's not interested.
Where can this conversation lead?.....
Another year, and another movie about two lost souls trying to find their reasoning in life. They bump into each other at first, not being very friendly, and then near miss each other on a couple of other occasions. she succumbs to him in about two minutes and agree to go out.
It sounds very predictable, and to be truthful, it's not very original AND highly predictable, it's that you just cant help but love the two main characters.
Hoffman and Thompson work great together and the film sparkles whenever they share the screen, and the London setting, just makes it that little more romantic.
It looks a lot different to Curtis's or Winner's Depictions of London, as they are just a little bit too touristy, where as this London is more intimate and not in your face as London would appear to be.
It's as if the place could be the third person in this mini love affair, as it adds that little bit more to the film.
Even though the outcome of the film is highly predictable, it's still a lot of fun to watch.
With family he's also on the sidelines - long divorced, his wife remarried, her husband closer to his daughter than he. His path crosses that of Kate Walker, unmarried, her life becoming that of a spinster, set up by friends on blind dates leading nowhere.
After Harvey's no good terrible day, he chats Kate up at a Heathrow bar. She's not interested.
Where can this conversation lead?.....
Another year, and another movie about two lost souls trying to find their reasoning in life. They bump into each other at first, not being very friendly, and then near miss each other on a couple of other occasions. she succumbs to him in about two minutes and agree to go out.
It sounds very predictable, and to be truthful, it's not very original AND highly predictable, it's that you just cant help but love the two main characters.
Hoffman and Thompson work great together and the film sparkles whenever they share the screen, and the London setting, just makes it that little more romantic.
It looks a lot different to Curtis's or Winner's Depictions of London, as they are just a little bit too touristy, where as this London is more intimate and not in your face as London would appear to be.
It's as if the place could be the third person in this mini love affair, as it adds that little bit more to the film.
Even though the outcome of the film is highly predictable, it's still a lot of fun to watch.