Safe Haven is a 2013 American romance movie starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders. It was released theatrically in North America on February 14, 2013. The film was directed by Lasse HallstrÃÆ'¶m, and is an adaptation of the 2010 novel Nicholas Sparks 'Safe Haven'. The film was originally set for release February 8th.
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Plot
A frightened woman, Katie, fled from her Boston home, having already had a bloody knife. After taking refuge with a neighbor, he was at the bus station trying to escape from the city. He bought a bus ticket with his hair now cut and bleached and stopped in the small town of Southport, North Carolina. In the general store, he introduced himself as Katie Feldman. After getting a job as a maid, and renting a small house on the edge of town, Katie befriends her neighbor, Jo. He meets Alex Wheatley, a widowed father of two small children, Josh, who has a strained relationship with him, and Lexie, who operates a local public store. Alex immediately gave Katie a bike so she would not have to walk.
It was not long before Katie and Alex started a relationship, and she became like a mother to Josh and Lexie. Meanwhile, Kevin Tierney, Boston police detective, prepared a wanted poster for a woman named "Erin" who described that he was wanted for first-degree murder. Alex sees Erin's fugitive poster at the police station and sees it as having a striking resemblance to Katie. She faces Katie with information, causing a big fight. They broke up, and Katie moved out of her house.
Since Katie is about to leave town, Alex intercepts her and says that she has fallen in love with her. Katie returned her love, and decided to stay in Southport. She tells Alex that she fled to Southport to escape her rough and alcoholic husband. They quarreled, and he stabbed him in self-defense before he fled south.
Meanwhile, Kevin is suspended for making the desired poster, which he reveals that he is Katie's (rough) and alcoholic husband. Enraged, he bursts into the house of Katie's former neighbor in Boston and finds a phone number to the Southport restaurant where Katie works. Arriving just in time for the July 4th parade in town, Kevin is so drunk to see Katie kissing Alex, which makes her angry. That night, Katie dreamed that she was standing on the boat dock watching the fireworks when Jo showed up and told Katie that "she" was here. Katie wakes up at the convenience store next to the sleeping Lexie when Kevin suddenly shows up and confronts her, demanding that she come back with her. He refused and told him to leave. Kevin pulled a gun and poured gasoline all over the store, intending to burn it.
When she hesitated, Katie bought time by pretending to sympathize with him and agreeing to go home with her. When he let his guard down, he pushed him into the water; However, the sparks of fireworks landed on gasoline, triggering a fire that engulfed the shop. Alex saw a burning shop, quickly crossed the harbor by boat, and rescued Lexie. Meanwhile, Katie tries to fight Kevin; during the fight, the gun explodes and kills Kevin, removes him from him forever.
After the fire, Alex found several letters written by his late wife, Carly, before he died. The letters were prepared in advance for unforgettable events such as Josh's eighteenth birthday and Lexie's wedding day. Alex gave Katie a letter with the words "To Her" on the envelope; thank you letter receiver to make Alex happy. The letter attached was a photograph of the wife of the late Alex, whom Katie was surprised to learn that Jo was actually. This means Jo is Carly, in the form of an angel, who takes Katie to her husband, Alex.
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Cast
- Josh Duhamel as Alex Wheatley, a widower who struggles to raise his two children until he meets Katie.
- Julianne Hough as Erin Tierney/Katie Feldman, A young woman who ran away from her rude husband and met Alex.
- Cobie Smulders as Carly Jo, A woman who befriends Katie.
- David Lyons as Detective Kevin Tierney, and Katie's rude husband.
- Mimi Kirkland as Lexie Wheatley, Princess Alex and who are friends with Katie
- Noah Lomax as Josh Wheatley, Son of Alex who has a rough and tense relationship with her father because of her mother's death.
- Irene Ziegler as Mrs. Feldman
- Robin Mullins as Maddie
- Red West as Roger. This is the last movie role in West before his death in July 2017
- Juan Carlos Piedrahita as Detective Ramirez
- Cullen Moss as Vice Bass
- Mike Pniewski as Lieutenant Robinson
Production
The film started major photography on June 18, 2012 in Wilmington and Southport, North Carolina. The parts were filmed in Louisiana and the opening scene with Katie on the Coach America bus was on the Linn Cove Viaduct along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Grandfather Mountain in Linville, North Carolina.
Reception
box office
Safe Haven scooped US $ 71,349,120 in North America and US $ 26,245,020 in other regions with a total of US $ 97,594,140.
At the opening weekend, the film grossed US $ 21,401,594, taking third place at the box office behind A Good Day to Die Hard (US $ 24,834,845) and Identity Thief (US $ 23,674,295).
Critical reception
The critical reaction to Safe Haven is largely negative. Peter Bradshaw, writing for The Guardian, called the Safe Haven arrangement a sweet vision of a small American town that is inconsistent with the real world at any point. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave a zero-star movie of four, and summed up his review by stating: "I hate Safe Haven." It's a terrible thing to do on your Valentine. "
The film has a score of 34 on Metacritic, a "generally unfavorable" score, based on 33 reviews. Di Rotten Tomatoes is ranked 12%, based on reviews from 137 critics.
Accolades
Home media
Safe Haven was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 7, 2013.
References
External links
- Safe Haven on IMDb
- Safe Haven in the TCM Movie Database
- Safe Haven at AllMovie
- Safe Haven in Box Office Mojo
- Safe Haven at Rotten Tomatoes
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