Haven
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: September 15, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
11
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75
New York PostKyle 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
70
Washington PostStephen 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
60
Los Angeles TimesMichael 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
50
SalonAndrew 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
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Furiously crossing and double-crossing, the two main story lines never quite fuse or comment on each other. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Silly little thriller. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNathan 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
40
VarietyEddie 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
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland 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
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth 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
38
Chicago TribuneMichael 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
38
Miami HeraldPeter 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
33
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Terminally muddled crime drama. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyLuke 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
30
The New York TimesNathan Lee
From a producer of "Crash" comes Haven, an even phonier exercise in manufactured conflict, facile irony and preposterous contrivance. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan 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
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Welcome to the tawdry end of paradise, where no melodrama is too obvious and no conflict too contrived. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick 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
20
Austin ChronicleToddy Burton
Lacking purpose or thoughtful complexity, Flowers' film is an overly ambitious mess. Read full review
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