LAST CHANCE HARVEY

Sinopsis

Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) hampir kehilangan pekerjaannya sebagai penulis lagu iklan. Atasannya (Richard  Schiff) memberikan peringatan dan kesempatan terakhir padanya ketika Harvey sedang dalam perjalanan menuju London pada akhir pekan untuk mengunjungi pernikahan putrinya (Liane Balaban) dan berjanji untuk kembali bekerja pada hari Senin.

Setiba Harvey di London, putrinya ternyata telah memilih ayah tirinya (James Brolin) sebagai pendamping di altar. Mencoba menyembunyikan kekecewaannya, Harvey meninggalkan acara sebelum resepsi digelar dan berharap tiba di bandara tepat waktu, tapi ternyata ia telah ketinggalan pesawat.

Larut dalam kesedihan di bandara, Harvey terlibat perbincangan dengan Kate (Emma Thompson), wanita berusia 40-an, sensitif dan pekerjaannya tidak menyita banyak waktu. Hubungan keduanya menjadi dekat dan tanpa terduga mengisnpirasi kehidupan mereka masing-masing.

Synopsis

New Yorker Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss (Richard Schiff) that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's (Liane Balaban) wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting-or else.

Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather (James Brolin) walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot.

Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate (Emma Thompson), a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins), is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion.

The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another's lives.