Review of Safe Haven (2013) by Paul Nicholas C — 25 Jun 2013

Ninety-five percent of this slow-motion mystery, formulaic Nic Sparks 'romance' is bad - but not offensively bad, just par-for-the-Nicolas-Sparks-bad. But instead of coming to its inevitable, predictable end, 'Safe Haven' throws out an insane, unnecessary, ridiculous, way-past-retarded 'twist' ending that is more infuriating and absurd than can be expressed without diving into spoiler territory.

Everything else that leads up to this ending is uninspired and tedious - but this final twist is so insanely stupid that it alone drops the overall score from a 2.0 to 1.0. Ending the film just 90 seconds earlier might have ended the film on a somewhat sweetish note, instead of resorting to the WTF-conclusion that only leaves a bile-like taste in the audience's mouth.