Safe Haven 2013

Safe Haven

Critics Consensus

Schmaltzy, predictable, and melodramatic, Safe Haven also suffers from a ludicrous plot twist, making for a particularly ignominious Nicholas Sparks adaptation.

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Katie Feldman (Julianne Hough) moves to a small town on the North Carolina coast, determined to make a new life for herself. She takes a job as a waitress and keeps a low profile, but she is soon won over by the warmth and caring of the close-knit community, especially that of widower Alex (Josh Duhamel). With the help of Alex and his children, Katie learns to love and trust again -- but when a mysterious stranger arrives and starts asking questions, Katie's dark past threatens to reclaim her.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Thematic Material|Sexuality|Threatening Behavior|Violence)
  • Genre:
    romance, drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Lasse Hallström
  • Producer:
    Ryan Kavanaugh, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Nicholas Sparks
  • Writer:
    Dana Stevens, Gage Lansky
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $$71,346,930
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Nicholas Sparks Productions, Temple Hill
  • Sound Mix:
    Datasat, Dolby Digital

Cast

Josh Duhamel
as Alex
Julianne Hough
as Katie Feldman
Cobie Smulders
as Jo
David Lyons
as Katie Feldman
Mimi Kirkland
as Lexi
Noah Lomax
as Josh
Colbie Caillat
Gavin DeGraw
Irene Ziegler
as Mrs. Feldman
Jon Kohler
as Bus Station Clerk
Tim Parati
as Bus Station Worker
Giulia Pagano
as Pushy Bus Woman
Juan C. Piedrahita
as Jr. Detective Ramirez
Red West
as Roger
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Audience Reviews for Safe Haven

  • Oct 05, 2016
    Save Haven is a normal Nicholas Sparks movie - damaged girl finding love with a good looking widower - even in the face of the corrupt cop ex-husband hunting her. I didn't like the last five minutes of the movie - too much Stephen-King-like.
    Red L Super Reviewer
  • Jun 08, 2016
    An abused wife flees her sadistic cop-husband and learns to love again with a widower and his kids in what could be a Lifetime movie - complete with big twist ending! - save for the big name actors and director. Julianne Hough shows incredible vibrancy and emotional range out on the dance floor, but in summoning bodily restraint for a film role, she becomes a personality vacuum. Josh Duhamel seems at home enough as the hunky and jovial single dad, and David Lyons really creeps it up as the corrupt and deranged abuser, hot on his wife's trail. The movie is heavy on the folksy charm of a seaside tourist town and only skin-deep with the abuse recovery, but it's still guiltily watchable.
    Alice S Super Reviewer
  • Sep 22, 2014
    Was enjoying it and then a stupid cheesy ending made me laugh and ruined the experience. The leads are appealing enough and it did get suspenseful but then it got too cute for its own good. Date Movie night became a bust and my wife felt the same way. 09-21-2014
    Christopher O Super Reviewer
  • Jul 26, 2014
    I had a mixed to negative reaction to the film. It felt like I was watching 2 movies that didn't connect well (the romance and the husband stalking wife). The film needed a major rewrite. The tone was also off. The film reminded me of movies like Sleeping With the Enemy, Enough, An Unfinished Life, and Message in a Bottle. The big confrontation at the end seemed very predictable and not surprising. I thought Julianne Hough was miscast here. In my opinion, she didn't have a good on screen chemistry with Duhamel. Another actress in that role, would have probably done a better job. However, Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, and David Lyons are great in their roles.
    Sol C Super Reviewer
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