Safe Haven

Ratings: 6.2/10

Film Class: C

Genre: Romantic Mystery Drama

I'll be honest with you, I didn't sit through the entire movie with my undivided attention, yet I'm confident my sentiments about the film will ring a familiar echo to most viewers... Safe Haven is more scary than romantic. Despite being adapted from the novel by Nicholas Sparks, who also wrote the classic "The Notebook", it wasn't as romantically engaging.

This is a darker film about a young woman's mysterious dark past which comes back to haunt her as she seeks refuge in a small town and falls in love with a man who had just lost his wife. The pre-ending might even make you jump in your seat, but the ending twist made this movie better than just mediocre. The leads lacked genuine chemistry and felt rather mismatched, maybe cos their actual age difference is a stunning 16 years? Not much character development for the man's son and  the justification for his behavior towards his father. On the flip side, his little girl was such a charm to watch. 

I thought it could be better, on the romance and character development part. But suspense wise, pretty good, and the unexpected twist at the end won it additional brownie points.