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Haven
EMAILPRINTFreestyle Releasing LLC / Yari Film Group Releasing

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime | Drama
Written by: Frank E. Flowers
Directed by: Frank E. Flowers
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 15, 2006
DVD: December 26, 2006
Running Time: 115 minutes, Color
Origin: USA / UK / Germany / Spain
Summary
RATING: R for language, drug use, sexual content and some violence
Starring Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Dillane, Zoe Saldana, Razaaq Adoti, Agnes Bruckner, Victor Rasuk, Lee Ingleby, and Anthony Mackie
Written and directed by native Caymanian Frank E. Flowers, and filmed entirely in the 100-square mile West Indies paradise, Haven is an edgy, suspenseful, viscerally gripping ensemble film in which unconnected lives intersect and ignite a violent chain of events that turns tranquility into chaos. In an instant, greed collides with innocence and passion goes up against those who forbid it, and all at once an idyllic tropical refuge becomes anything but safe. (Yari Film Group Releasing)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Post Kyle Smith
Those expecting an exhilarating, "Pulp Fiction"-style wrap-up will also be disappointed. Instead, Flowers gives us the impression - as the end of "Traffic" did - that we've just taken a few turns on a merry-go-round of doom that is going to keep spinning long after the movie ends.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
The movie is small but sensational. I don't know what writer-director Frank E. Flowers might lose by trying to take his career international, but he has real talent.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona
Haven is far from perfect, with some uncomfortable pacing, wayward accents and less-than-satisfying denouements. But it's a refreshing, character-driven antidote to the late-summer movie-house blahs, and Flowers looks like a talent worth watching.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden
Furiously crossing and double-crossing, the two main story lines never quite fuse or comment on each other.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
A trashy thriller of the kind that used to make up the second half of double bills in crumbling downtown theaters, circa 1977.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
The film boasts compelling performances--from Bruckner, and especially from Stephen Dillane as a wildly pragmatic money-man who radiates well-deserved cynicism. But Bloom is the giant void at the center of the film, and his laughable histrionics pull Haven firmly into camp territory.
Read Full Review >Variety Eddie Cockrell
A seesaw chronology and generally chaotic approach plagues Haven, an overly ambitious, multicharacter love story-cum-underworld revenge drama set on a fleetingly exotic island.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
There's less than meets the eye to writer-director Flowers' time-hopping narrative, and what could have been a routine but entertaining crime story gets hopelessly muddled in its telling, despite the efforts of a generally strong cast.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Like a mango rotting in the sun, Frank Flowers' squishy Caribbean thriller has been sitting on the shelf long enough to attract suspicion. Bite into it at your own risk.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Peter Debruge
Flowers' ''style'' suffers from attention deficit disorder, leaving just enough vital information for you to follow the convoluted plot. But just when one story gets rolling, he's off and chasing another.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The film is a fancy-pants muddle in terms of technique. And if Bloom doesn't do something about his smirky tendency to troll for audience approval, his career may be severely limited.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson
As a director, newcomer Frank E. Flowers shows a flair for visuals and characters, but as a writer, he needs work. The Tarantinoesque nonlinear structure he employs would be risky even in Quentin's hands, and is downright self-sabotaging here.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Nathan Lee
From a producer of "Crash" comes Haven, an even phonier exercise in manufactured conflict, facile irony and preposterous contrivance.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
This interminable, poorly constructed drug thriller by writer-director Frank E. Flowers sat on the shelf for two years before winning a release.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It's just horsing around that comes to nothing. No, it's worse. It's horsing around designed to disguise nothing as something.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Welcome to the tawdry end of paradise, where no melodrama is too obvious and no conflict too contrived.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Toddy Burton
Lacking purpose or thoughtful complexity, Flowers' film is an overly ambitious mess.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Matt W. gave it a9:
No idea why this movie is getting such harsh reviews. I couldn't find much to complain about. I thought it was really well done in terms of acting, writing, filming and editing. I really enjoyed it and reccomend that you ignore the critics on this one and check it out.
Coren D. gave it a0:
Absolutely dreadful.
M. E gave it a10:
I loved it. It was different from the simplitic neat predictable plots. It was was far from perfect but perfect is boring. I loved to the ending. I love movies that highlight the everyday drama of life.
M. Y. gave it an8:
I loved Haven. Lots of dramatic tension that requires the viewer to pay attention and not just sit back and watch. Fast paced, tragic and leaves you with a sense of loss. Go see it you won't regret it!
Dave V. gave it a2:
A new low for Orlando Bloom. Bad writing and stupid subplots lead this movie into the pits. Could have been much, much better despite it every-once-in a while joke attitude. 20% still means F folks, don't waste your time tying to enjoy this garbage like I did.
