#Safe haven movie movie#
Maybe the movie just wanted you to get the twist as fast as possible. In the movie Jo pops in and out of the story basically whenever it's convenient, giving Katie someone to walk with in montages about how she's fitting into the world and to talk about plot-advancing subjects. But at least in the book you get a sense of Jo as Katie's confidant, as an actual person who might exist in the world, with her own backstory that informs her conversations with Katie. If you've been reading reviews of Safe Haven, you can tell that a lot of people are completely fixated on this twist- which, to be fair, is insane in the book too. It shortchanges half of the book's entire story, and if you ask me, the most interesting half. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom and based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks. But we have to make sure theres not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.- Michael Mullen. A young woman moves to a small North Carolina town, determined to make a new life for herself, but remains haunted by a terrifying secret. This one blends the scented candles of a daytime soap with the tamer aspects of a middling thriller. The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. Safe Haven is a species of Gothic chick flick. Someone who would put his own needs above his womans is no man.- Maya Banks. The movie has no interest in giving him an internal life, just making him a Terminator on the way to ruin the romance. To take care of her and provide a safe haven. In the movie- maybe because Hallstrom knows everyone bought a ticket for the romance on the beach- the Kevin storyline feels like an afterthought, and it's generally irritating to cut back to him.
It lends the book a lot of tension, as you dread the inevitable moment when he finds her, and helps balance out a lot of the sap of the romantic scenes. Surprisingly enough Nicholas Sparks isn't a half-bad detective novelist for half of Safe Haven, following Kevin as he hunts down Katie and getting into his brain as he rationalizes his behavior. There's no actual suspense about how Kevin finds Katie. It gives them the chance to have the fight scene that always occurs around the 2/3 mark of a movie, but come on, this is a Nicholas Sparks joint- we all know the score, and it's ok to move past that and back into the kissing in the rain. Making matters worse, Alex (Josh Duhamel) eventually sees the wanted poster at the police station and confronts Katie about it, somehow also convinced that she's secretly a killer on the lam. It's basically the same idea as keeping Kevin's true identity a mystery- putting in a potential twist that the audience is way too smart to fall for. As a tactic to hunt her down, Kevin lists Katie in some kind of national detective database as a murderer, which gets a wanted poster put up in the Southport police station with her face on it. I don't really care what the plot was or is, or that it's based on yet another Nicholas Sparks novel, or that it wants to be a thriller and romantic drama at the same time, because of Julianne Hough.We're supposed to wonder if Katie is actually a murderer. I have something to admit: I watched Safe Haven because of Julianne Hough. But dark secrets intrude on her new life with such terror that she is forced to rediscover the meaning of sacrifice and rely on the power of love in this deeply moving romantic thriller. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and gains the courage to start a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children. When a mysterious young woman arrives in a small North Carolina town, her reluctance to join the tight knit community raises questions about her past. Also sign me up for FanMail to get updates on all things movies: tickets, special offers, screenings + more.
An affirming and suspenseful story about a young woman’s struggle to love again, Safe Haven is based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author behind the hit films The Notebook and Dear John. You can now watch Safe Haven online on the following streaming providers in the United States. 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.
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