Tuesday, February 26, 2013

'Safe Haven' movie review




Love is the answer in ‘Safe Haven’

By Matilde Starklit ‘14

A mysterious woman by the name of Katie (actress Julianne Hough) suddenly appears in the small town Southport, North Carolina. A widowed storeowner named Alex (actor Josh Duhamel) starts to fall for this girl Katie.
She starts out by not wanting anything to do with anyone because of the things that have happened in her past. As time progresses, she changes and gets involved with Alex, as well as his two small children.
As the movie builds, the two begin to make a life together, but Katie soon finds out that you cannot run away from your past – no matter how far or fast you run. Mysterious events happen and Alex finds out there are a lot of unanswered questions about Katie’s past that she is not willing to talk about.
No matter the struggles they face, the love between them will grow and they will fight through the obstacles that her past has left behind.  Is the past going to hunt her down or will the love between widowed storeowner Alex and mysterious Katie win?
I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone that likes a cryptic love story with a past trying to destroy love.