Major Actors: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons
Rating: PG-13
Best Audience: Teenagers to Adults (especially women and date nights)
Review:
Safe Haven is the latest movie adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks book. As far as Nicholas Sparks goes...I agree the Notebook is a good movie, however I have not liked ANY of the other movies made from his books (i.e. "The Last Song," "Nights in Rodanthe," and "Dear John"). They are usually sappy and predictable.
Unlike Sparks' other film adaptations, I felt as though the "love story" pat of the movie was secondary. This movie focuses on Julianne Hough's character, "Katie," and her journey to find a new beginning and get away from her abusive husband. As a police officer, her husband has access to the means to locate her. While trying to start over in a small southern town, she meets a widower (played by Josh Duhamel) with children.
The one criticism I have of this film is that the climax wasn't long enough. The whole movie builds up to this conflict...and then the conflict only lasts about two minutes. I wanted to see more of a struggle during this time, but it was just over so quickly. Overall, this movie was definitely not bad. It would be a great date night movie or girls night movie.
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