- CELEBRITY
- 03:10 PM, Mar 19
very little in this movie makes any sense, even as glossy Valentine's Day fareby Moira MacDonald [Seattle Times ]
the weakest parts of "Safe Haven" are its action sequences, in which the illusion of reality is shattered by ham-handed editing, garish special effects and comic-book dialogueby Stephen Holden [New York Times ]
the story heaps on a final flourish so stunningly ludicrous, it makes us half-wonder if we've been investing in a lead character who's crazyby Tom Russo [Boston Globe ]
the predictable romance between Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel is painful to watchby Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
the love scenes are gauzily romantic and staunchly PG. Dialogue is heavy on sentimentalityby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
the film isn't visually memorable or dramatically vibrantby Stephen Farber [Hollywood Reporter ]
the film barely asks those questions, then lazily answers them in exactly as everyone expectsby Barbara VanDenburgh [Arizona Republic ]
it's trash - entertaining and escapist, perhaps - but trash nonethelessby James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
it's a terrible thing to do to your Valentineby Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
delivers a cinematic valentine you’ll be reasonably content to watch on a flight in a year or soby Sara Stewart [New York Post ]