Safe Haven (12A)

"Fits of Unexpected Laughter"??? When?? NOT TRUE. Not even REMOTELY true. I almost didn't go see this film because of all the bad reviews. Naturally, many of them were off base - and particularly THIS review. I'd really like to know what gave him "fits of laughter" because neither myself nor the audience I saw it with laughed. From now on I will ignore rewiews from this "critic" who was watching some OTHER film , evidently.

Ok the film has its fair share of cliches as we see another identikit muscly man and skinny pretty blonde couple come together in another Sparks rom com. Like many film series the stars become less well known and no doubt cheaper as we go over the same ground again but it does provide for a diverting couple of hours. Cue obligatory scenes of Duhamel's chiselled torso and Hough in a bikini, yes they both look good by the way. However I for one was pleasantly surprised by the film and its core demographic will lap it up. There weren't many men in what was a reasonably full screening which makes me believe it will do quite well at the box office over the next week or so. There are a couple of twists which when they are revealed you will be surprised you didn't see coming. All in all I think I possibly enjoyed it more than the reviewer and more than I expected. Not a great rom com but more than adequate as both a rom com and as an advert for the Carolina's tourist industry. A reasonably solid three star film.