Katie (Julianne Hough) moves to the small town of Southport in North Carolina and at first she's reserved and keeps to herself in her house outside of town but then she meets Alex (Josh Duhamel), a widower and a father of two, and Katie starts to realise that she has to let people in but with her mysterious past it's easier said than done. As Alex and Katie grow closer, her past also starts to catch up to her. Based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks.
I adore Nicholas Sparks books, I mean they are sappy and predictable but they're not always happily ever after endings. Sparks' stories means you'll laugh and cry and when you've finished reading you'll want to take a trip to North Carolina to see if you can find love there because NC is the new Paris or Rome, well... not really but his books make you think that for a while. Lately there have been a lot of Sparks' books being made in to movies and it doesn't really matter if they're good or bad, girls will still flock to see the next one and I'm one of them. I didn't particularly like The Lucky one but that didn't stop me from seeing Safe Haven, it's like we have this misty view of the world and what we think makes a good movie when it comes to these films because its a cute love story, two pretty leads, breathtakingly beautiful scenery and some obstacle that somehow we all seem to relate to even when its so far away from our own lives that it seems impossible to relate to. The point is is this, Safe Haven won't change your life, its not particularly memorable and the concept is just a little too ridiculous, however I really liked it, a lot more than The Lucky one anyway. I don't expect much from these adaptions anymore because after The Notebook there hasn't been a film that rivals it in epicness. Now whenever I go to see a film thats based on a Nicholas Sparks book, I know what i'm getting, I know I'll love the relationship and the setting, I know I WILL cry because that is inevitable and chances are I will get it on Dvd. So, if you want a cute little love story thats not too heavy (like Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge etc.)then Safe Haven is a safe bet.
