Last Friday night, SuperPizzaBoy spent the night at a friend’s house so Sweetie and I were temporarily childless. So we went to the movies. Sweetie picked something I had not heard of, “Last Chance Harvey” a romantic comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson.

I like Mr. Hoffman OK but I’m always up for anything Ms. Thompson does. She and Hoffman do not disappoint in this movie. It is a story about two older folks, (one of them a lot older) who have a lot of regrets and missed chances. Plus both of them have that irritating habit that many people have of taking all cell phone calls no matter what else is going on.

Hoffman plays an American “jingle composer” who always wanted to be a jazz pianist who travels to London for his estranged daughter’s wedding. Thompson plays an English lady of certain age who lives in London with her mother and works as an interviewer at an airport.

They meet and fall in love after overcoming some Anglo-American cultural differences. They suffer some setbacks but since they are both tired of missed chances they end up together.

I rate this movie 3.5 stars out of 4. I highly recommend seeing it if you like romantic comedies.