Safe Haven
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
8 May 1984, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
28 January 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 March 1958, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
15 January 1958, Wise, Virginia, USA
7 July 1985, Medellin, Colombia
30 May 2002, Alabama, USA
15 September 1966, Hastings, Minnesota, USA
October 09, 2013
While a predictable chick flick, Safe Haven is never dull. It's not particularly good, either.
August 31, 2013
...the feel-good finale is unable to pack the emotional punch that Hallstrom is obviously striving for...
July 13, 2013
A wholly inert lump of by-the-numbers syrup that's as boring as it is pointless.
December 26, 2013
All the usual romance and idyllic locations-and-vengeful-violent-ex-husband, up until the weirdest, most out-of-nowhere plot twist ever.
February 20, 2013
Plods along with dialogue just above the level of crayon scribblings, and the direction by the usually reliable Lasse Hallström is dismayingly sluggish.
May 16, 2016
If you're a fan of Sparks, and like-minded feel-good romantic dramas, Safe Haven will deliver what you know and love; everyone else should be well warned by now.
February 15, 2013
Their love story has a mellow ease -- as neither of them has much of a personality, we're just watching two swell people decide to bone
March 07, 2013
Keeping up with the movie's inane plot twists makes for a capricious good time, but an unimaginative denouement turns the whole thing into a fool's errand.
October 18, 2013
few will leave the cinema feeling they've seen something original or affecting
February 26, 2013
[The] final reel ... descends into the Vortex of Bonkers, delivering fits of unexpected laughter.
February 14, 2013
It's as though the filmmakers lacked the confidence to stick with the basic story, which served every element needed in a Sparks-infused guilty pleasure.
January 03, 2014
A movie whose punch line is so delightfully absurd that even after you pretty much know what's coming you spit out your Pepsi anyway.
