Review of Safe Haven (2013) by Lukechristiansc — 23 Dec 2014

Nicholas Sparks tries to make his " romance" novel a little bit of a suspense and adds fight sequences, is this suppose to make it better? .......... nope. Julianne Hough plays a woman who is trying to get away from her domestic violence past trying to get away from her crazy husband, moves to a small town then finds a guy how is a widow father of two children, then they both fall in love! but then her husband who isn't dead is a cop trying to find her.

This movie lacks action and its fight sequences sucks-yes I get it this movie is a romance/drama movie but apparently Sparks is trying bring a little murder/action into his book and into this movie; Director Lasse Hallström the director of Chocolat and Sparks' previous adaptation Dear John apparently wasting his talents is back for more of Sparks' story, Hallstrom is apparently using his visions in a Nicholas Sparks' tradition oh yeah BOO! this guy can't even direct a fight scene or any action sequence two fromulas which this movie terrible The Writer: Nicholas Sparks The Director: Hallastrom lacking vision and for writer sparks is he doesn't know to make action well for guy who does to many romance novels you expect he would of failed.

This movie apparently has a little bit of " romantic cliche". cliche number 1: Star crossed lovers, yes and there is a woman non stops complains about her love life when there litterally is the perfect man in front of her.

Cliche #2 " do you want to go canoeing with me ? cliche." yes there is the annoying cliche I can't take in sparks' movies the boy asks the girl do you want to go canoeing with me girl: sure.

meanwhile they have a good time, then when their done they kiss after the kiss there is ......... the rain cliche omg! I can't stand that haven't we have seen this cliche? oh yeah we saw this in the **** 'The Notebook' then they laugh then have sex.

I can't take cliche's anymore. Nicholas Sparks yes the man is a good author its just can't we have a movie Sparks or his dumb screenwriters ruin it with his cliche's stop with that! please. Grade C- Yes! the movie does have to many romantic cliche's but the ending was surprising, Finally Sparks did something different with his movie and the book.

but the romance was creative the actors were ok.