first let me explain my rating system . i consider a 5 a movie that somewhat watchable and a 6 be already a good movie . i give haven a 3 because the soundtrack be good and the act wasn not horrible . now over to the bad stuff . i wouldn not recommend this film to anyone . usually in my review i try to say something like represent this movie isn not recommend for people who do not like slow develop plot or it not for people who want the plot wrap up neatly in the end . but i can honestly and objectively say this movie be just one of poor quality . the big problem be the plot itself . the storyline be multi linear and character be be follow and theyre all suppose to be connect in one way or another through an event or multiple event . example of brilliant use of this method be see in amores perros and 21 gram and crash and magnolia . in these film the story line have similar prominent theme and the character be all connect physically . every character add more element to the story until we have a complex web of story line and constantly cross path and have effect on one another . i know this sound confusing but watch amores perros and crash and you will know exactly what i mean . haven make one fruitless attempt after another to be clever until all we end up with be an unsorted mess of scene throw together in a wan na be movie . that the best way to describe haven represent it want to be a lot of thing but end up be rubbish . the thing that irritate me even more then the gimmick mention above be the chronologically scattered framework that be use . i feel like they realize the plot and character of their attempted intelligent film be overly simple and and they try to jazz it up with a chronologically scattered framework to fool people into think theyre watch something clever . i hear the story be chronological at the premiere of the toronto film festival and then they re edit the whole film to create the flashback . that not the way to write a story with a scramble up chronology . you have to actually write the script like that ( with chronology switch from the start of your story ) or the storyline will be a mess . the storyline have to flow naturally and even if you use chronology like that . a prime example a brilliantly write script that use the same technique be memento . the technique use actually add something to the suspense of the story . nope and do not waste your time on this . i usually only write imdb review for film i like but this film be just too dreadful for word and i felt it be my duty to stop another human be from see it . i do not see why anyone should see this movie . it certainly not to be entertain and i hardly think anyone would be enlighten after see a film like this . negative and i be be generous .