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Haven (2006)

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Reviews Counted:61

Fresh:8

Rotten:53

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: The plot's gratuitously nonlinear structure only ends up confusing viewers of this island thriller.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, drug use, sexual content and some violence

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 15, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $104,610

Synopsis: Imagine you just got a fax that the Feds will be at your door in a matter of minutes. The government has remembered the taxes you forgot to pay and it's time to take an extended vacation. No... Imagine you just got a fax that the Feds will be at your door in a matter of minutes. The government has remembered the taxes you forgot to pay and it's time to take an extended vacation. No problem -- you can pack light and still get by with a little extra weight strapped around your midsection - 28 lbs. to be exact -- the weight of a cool million in hundred dollar bills. Such is the case with corrupt businessman Carl Ridley (Bill Paxton). He let his greed get the better of him, and now he's on the run, his daughter Pippa (Agnes Bruckner) reluctantly in tow. Just turned 18, Pippa is not happy to leave her friends and comfortable life in Miami, even if it's for the exotic Cayman Islands, but Dad's in kind of a rush, so there's no time for questions. When they get to the islands, Ridley is preoccupied. Banks are rapidly closing and he's got to find a clean place to store his dirty money. In fact, he doesn't even notice that the bungalow he rented is already occupied -- but his daughter sure does. She finds native Caymanian Fritz (Victor Rasuk) sleeping off a late night in her bed, and when she walks in on him, he flees out the window, leaving his wallet behind. Suddenly Pippa's not so sorry about landing in paradise. She tracks down Fritz and discovers that the local bad boy is a real charmer who's more than willing to show her the island, including its wild parties. But Fritz has a dark side, too. He owes money to island gang leader Ritchie Ritch (Raz Adoti), and when he spies Pippa's dad handling a lot of cash, Fritz suddenly knows how to get Ritchie off his back. Unaware that she's leading her father into even more trouble than he had in the United States, Pippa and her innocence are headed for a rude awakening. Also about to have their innocence destroyed are young lovers Shy and Andrea (Orlando Bloom and Zoë Saldana), who finally consummate their passion, only to be discovered by Andrea's brother, gang wannabe Hammer (Anthony Mackie). Acting on his father's wishes, Hammer is bent on ending the relationship . . . no matter what it takes. Written and directed by native Caymanian Frank E. Flowers, and filmed entirely in the 100-square mile West Indies paradise, Haven is an edgy, suspenseful, viscerally gripping ensemble film in which unconnected lives intersect and ignite a violent chain of events that turns tranquility into chaos. In an instant, greed collides with innocence and passion goes up against those who forbid it, and all at once an idyllic tropical refuge becomes anything but safe. -- © Yari Film Group [More]

Starring: Bill Paxton, Stephen Dillane, Orlando Bloom, Agnes Bruckner

Starring: Bill Paxton, Stephen Dillane, Orlando Bloom, Agnes Bruckner, Victor Rasuk, Razaaq Adoti, Anthony Mackie, Zoe Saldana, Joy Bryant, Bobby Cannavale, Robert Wisdom, Jake Weber, Rachel Miner

Director: Frank E. Flowers

Director: Frank E. Flowers
Screenwriter: Frank E. Flowers
Producer: Kelli Konop, Robert Brenner
Studio: Yari Film Group

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Writer/director Frank E. Flowers loses track of his own narrative puzzle that includes a story about a shady but rich Floridian (Bill Paxton) with an 18-year-old daughter (Agnes Bruckner %u2013 "Blue Car") escaping to Grand Cayman from the feds who want t

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/20/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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06/12/08
Eddie Cockrell
Eddie Cockrell
Variety
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What the film lacks in dramatic depth it makes up for in its visuals, which keep viewer attention even when the story drags.

Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
07/10/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

The audience just has to work a little too hard to see through the bad editing to the Haven that lies beneath, no matter how interesting and promising that movie may be.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
03/24/07
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
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Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
03/03/07
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Flowers' manic style...leaves little room to consider what is actually going on beyond all the eye candy and sensory numbing.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

The goal seems to have been to create a multilayered thriller, but the senseless, verbose and convoluted saga never generates simple suspense, let alone tension.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
10/30/06
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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By the time this quasi Robert Altman-like meeting of unrelated characters happens -- and even if the viewer has kept track of all the characters -- it's hard to care about much of anything, other than knowing the film is nearly over.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
10/16/06
Les Wright
Les Wright
culturevulture.net

[Director Frank E.] Flowers is clearly talented, with an eye for local color, but grasp of character and psychology is tenuous, and his roundabout, double-back structure quickly grows tiresome and annoying...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
10/04/06
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

A mess. Orlando Bloom had better get those Elves ears back on.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
09/29/06
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Flowers's directorial debut is sometimes a little hard to follow, but shows genuine concern and hope for his native land.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
09/28/06
M. K. Terrell
M. K. Terrell
Christian Science Monitor

The tone is moody and bleak, the characters are petty jackasses, and Flowers' heavy-handed messages about colonialism are trite.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
09/26/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

An extraordinary directorial debut that just may knock your socks off, or at least your flip-flops. ... Though Flowers may be accused of sensationalizing his subject, there's no denying his stunning cinematic flourishes.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
09/26/06
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Likely to leave you scratching your head--not merely because the plot's so hard to follow but because you'll be wondering why anybody thought it was worth making.

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09/25/06
Frank Swietek
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09/23/06
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bloom is the giant void at the center of the film, and his laughable histrionics pull Haven firmly into camp territory.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/23/06
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

The presence in the ensemble of Orlando Bloom, who also serves as a producer, could be an initial enticement, but his performance is one of the weakest in a mixed bag.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/23/06
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
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Lacking purpose or thoughtful complexity, Flowers' film is an overly ambitious mess.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/23/06
Toddy Burton
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle

[Director Frank] Flowers seems more interested in playing with narrative chronology than developing an emotionally and thematically coherent storyline populated by multi-dimensional characters.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
09/23/06
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
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