In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an endless cycle of work, phone calls from her mother, and blind dates. A connection forms between the unhappy pair, who soon find themselves falling in love.
Acting
Hoffman and Thompson make awkward small talk feel like poetry.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll forget it's scripted.
Director
Joel Hopkins
Dustin Hoffman
Harvey Shine
Emma Thompson
Kate Walker
Eileen Atkins
Maggie Walker
Kathy Baker
Jean
Liane Balaban
Susan Shine Wright
Daniel Lapaine
Scott Wright
James Brolin
Brian
Richard Schiff
Marvin
Wendy Mae Brown
Aggie
Bronagh Gallagher
Oonagh
Jeremy Sheffield
Matt
Patrick Baladi
Simon
Adam James
Josh Hillman
Michael Landes
Peter Turner
Jamie Sives
Doctor Butler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoffman and Thompson improvised extensively in the airport bar scenes, with Hopkins keeping cameras rolling through their natural pauses and stumbles.
The film's lukewarm reception arguably reflects cultural discomfort with romance between actors over 50—Thompson was 49, Hoffman 71, and their chemistry was rarely the marketing focus.
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