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Personal tenderness combines with a good sense of composition and a naturalistic storytelling style to give a small, familiar premise a nice lilt. Jan 16, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Personal tenderness combines with a good sense of composition and a naturalistic storytelling style to give a small, familiar premise a nice lilt.
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The cliché-infested script ... is long on booze-filled confessions. Jan 11, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
The cliché-infested script ... is long on booze-filled confessions.
Lou Lumenick
While there's something undeniably fascinating about the way "Fairhaven" repeatedly avoids predictable payoffs for portentous dramatic setups, narrative momentum is conspicuous by its absence. Jan 10, 2013 | Full Review…
While there's something undeniably fascinating about the way "Fairhaven" repeatedly avoids predictable payoffs for portentous dramatic setups, narrative momentum is conspicuous by its absence.
Joe Leydon
[A] beautifully acted, directed and edited little slice of New England life ... Jan 10, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
[A] beautifully acted, directed and edited little slice of New England life ...
Stephen Holden
O'Brien and his castmates seem to play loose with his script a bit more than they should in an effort to give the material a lived-in feeling. Jan 10, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4
O'Brien and his castmates seem to play loose with his script a bit more than they should in an effort to give the material a lived-in feeling.
Tom Russo
It has a nuance and a rumpled comfort with itself, which turns "Fairhaven" into an inviting place to visit. Jan 10, 2013 | Full Review…
It has a nuance and a rumpled comfort with itself, which turns "Fairhaven" into an inviting place to visit.
Joe Neumaier
[Director Tom] O'Brien never quite finds a focus around which to center the longing that all three boys/men feel. Sep 18, 2017 | Full Review…
[Director Tom] O'Brien never quite finds a focus around which to center the longing that all three boys/men feel.
Neely Swanson
The movie feels intimate and therapy-bound yet aesthetically remote. Jul 14, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The movie feels intimate and therapy-bound yet aesthetically remote.
Rob Gonsalves
It's difficult to dislike Fairhaven, because it is a promising, earnest effort. Jan 30, 2013 | Rating: 2.0/5 | Full Review…
It's difficult to dislike Fairhaven, because it is a promising, earnest effort.
Tony Macklin
Tom O'Brien smartly stresses realistic, submerged feelings instead of overwrought dramatics in his low-key portrait of friendship and all its complications. Jan 11, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Tom O'Brien smartly stresses realistic, submerged feelings instead of overwrought dramatics in his low-key portrait of friendship and all its complications.
Robert Levin
Great visuals, chemistry. Jan 11, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Great visuals, chemistry.
James Verniere
The film plays coy with its quintessential indie-dramedy setup, eschewing narrative and tension in favor of convivial character interplay and master shots of wintry landscapes. Jan 9, 2013 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The film plays coy with its quintessential indie-dramedy setup, eschewing narrative and tension in favor of convivial character interplay and master shots of wintry landscapes.
Nick McCarthy
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