Haven

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Haven

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Released Sep 15, 2006

1h 58m

Crime

Drama

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A shady businessman (Bill Paxton) and his associate flee to the Cayman Islands, setting off a chain reaction that has enormous and unforeseeable implications: A Brit's (Orlando Bloom) love affair ends badly, and a police lieutenant (Stephen Dillane) investigates a crime.

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Critics Consensus

The plot's gratuitously nonlinear structure only ends up confusing viewers of this island thriller.

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

The audience just has to work a little too hard to see through the bad editing to the Haven that lies beneath, no matter how interesting and promising that movie may be.

Mar 24, 2007

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

The presence in the ensemble of Orlando Bloom, who also serves as a producer, could be an initial enticement, but his performance is one of the weakest in a mixed bag.

Sep 23, 2006

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Bloom is the giant void at the center of the film, and his laughable histrionics pull Haven firmly into camp territory.

Rated: C-

Sep 23, 2006

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Writer/director Frank E. Flowers loses track of his own narrative puzzle that includes a story about a shady but rich Floridian (Bill Paxton) with an 18-year-old daughter (Agnes Bruckner %u2013 "Blue Car") escaping to Grand Cayman from the feds who want t

Rated: C-

Apr 20, 2009

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Felix Gonzalez Jr.

DVD Review

What the film lacks in dramatic depth it makes up for in its visuals, which keep viewer attention even when the story drags.

Jul 10, 2007

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

Flowers' manic style...leaves little room to consider what is actually going on beyond all the eye candy and sensory numbing.

Mar 1, 2007

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Laurie S

Basically it's a film about vermin creatures on a Caribbean island. To me not at all interesting..

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/13/25

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Victor O

A moment of inspiration has led me to look into Sarah Carter’s filmography, and this movie caught my attention. But it wasn’t just Sarah Carter, but it was over a dozen grade-A actors and actresses with a stylized view that was both beautiful but also deeply intense and I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of story this was going to be with its title. Still, a great cast is a great cast. Cayman Islands. Two major stories happen that intersect on the island paradise known for being a Tax Haven of the British Empire and the civilized world. An American businessman has just been busted by federal authorities as he runs off with his daughter and all the money he can gather to ensure they live a comfortable life in the Cayman Islands. However, the daughter ends up being caught up by a charming criminal as she gets caught up worrying her dad. While many years ago a young shy boy who saw his father die ends up living a poor yet comfortable life when he suddenly falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy, upright man with a son that is eager to protect the honor of the family, going as far as mutilating him to the point of eternal shame. Both businessman and shy boy intertwine in a night of violence and betrayal that leaves some people better others worse off. Not bad at all. I have to say now that Bill Paxton is dead, every movie he has made now feels like a treasure that you appreciate more than ever. But the living are phenomenal as well, as grade-A performers from Orlando Bloom, Zoe Saldana, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Dillane, Anthony Mackie, and others complement this film wonderfully. Sadly, the moral of the story is that you do whatever to do what is right but some of it is committed by such terrible deeds that you wonder who truly is good and bad. But it’s an interesting story.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Audience Member

One of my all time favorite movies. i don't know why the critics gave it bad reviews but i loved it. the acting and the stories where very interesting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/20

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Audience Member

One of my favorite movies with the perfect melange of love, drugs, partying, and money laundering.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

That was frustrating. I stuck through the undergraduate non-linear melange hoping for a clever tie-up ending. Wasn't given one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Sleeper...good movie. Don't let the critics ratings fool you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

A shady businessman (Bill Paxton) and his associate flee to the Cayman Islands, setting off a chain reaction that has enormous and unforeseeable implications: A Brit's (Orlando Bloom) love affair ends badly, and a police lieutenant (Stephen Dillane) investigates a crime.

Director: Frank E. Flowers
Producer: Aleen Keshishian, Robbie Brenner, Bob Yari
Screenwriter: Frank E. Flowers
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: El Camino Pictures, Robbie Brenner Productions, Yari Film Group Releasing
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Drug Use|Some Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $136.8K
Runtime: 1h 58m

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