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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThose 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.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA trashy thriller of the kind that used to make up the second half of double bills in crumbling downtown theaters, circa 1977.
- 42The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe 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.
- 40VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellA seesaw chronology and generally chaotic approach plagues Haven, an overly ambitious, multicharacter love story-cum-underworld revenge drama set on a fleetingly exotic island.
- 38TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThere'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.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanLike 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.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumTerminally muddled crime drama.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAs 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.
- 30The New York TimesNathan LeeThe New York TimesNathan LeeFrom a producer of "Crash" comes Haven, an even phonier exercise in manufactured conflict, facile irony and preposterous contrivance.
- 20Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleLacking purpose or thoughtful complexity, Flowers' film is an overly ambitious mess.