Lacks interest for children and contains some sexual references and mild coarse language.
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Children under 13 | Lacks interest for this age group and contains sexual references and mild coarse language which may concern some parents |
Children aged 13-15 | OK for this age group but lacks interest |
This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines.
Name of movie: | Last Chance Harvey |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild coarse language |
Length: | 93 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) flies to London from the US to attend his daughter’s wedding. He works in advertising as a jingle writer, a job that he no longer enjoys but still desperately wants to keep. He has been given one last chance to land a deal and is determined to do while also attending the wedding.
Upon arriving in England Harvey learns that a number of last minute changes have been made to exclude him from the wedding arrangements. Feeling isolated and dejected after an awkward welcome from the bride and a series of miscommunications, he opts to return home to settle his business deal instead of attending the wedding reception.
However, as fate would have it, Harvey misses his flight and as a result loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in an airport tavern he meets Kate Walker (Emma Thompson) a single, middle-aged woman. Kate’s over-dependant mother and friends have made it their mission to find her a man, but Kate has had enough of their well intended meddling and much prefers her writing class or a good book.
An unlikely friendship develops between Harvey and Kate and they spend the day getting to know one another. At Kate’s insistence they attend his daughter’s wedding reception and the events which follow have the potential to change both lives.
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
Family breakdown
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
There is no violence in this film.
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
Nothing of concern
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
Nothing of concern
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
Some children may be concerned when Kate cries as she mentions terminating a pregnancy in her past.
Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.
Nothing of concern
None of concern
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Last Chance Harvey is a romantic comedy suited to a mature audience. Due to the slow pace of the film and frequent scenes of adult dialogue, children are likely to find the film boring.
The main messages from this movie are that is never too late for last chances and that you don’t necessarily need to go looking for love. Sometimes love will find you, especially when you least expect it
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as
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