For his third film, writer-director Joel Hopkins (Last Chance Harvey) re-teamed with Emma Thompson, casting her opposite Pierce Brosnan as one half of a divorced couple who reunite after the financial future of their retirement years is thrown into uncertainty by an unscrupulous businessman. A screwball-tinged heist flick that not so much feeds “eat the rich” feelings which might be surging in the zeitgeist at the moment as offer up a divergent, flight-of-fancy caper for the middle-aged, The Love Punch plays out like a reimagining of The Parent Trap by way of Ocean’s Eleven, and minus the kids. Last week, I had a chance to speak one-on-one with Hopkins about his working relationship with Thompson as well as the legendary actress he has in mind for his next film. The conversation is excerpted over at ShockYa, so click here for the read.
