Fair Haven

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kerstin Karlhuber directs. Frank Reynolds cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 9 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Editor Frank Reynolds shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Tom Wopat and Michael Grant and Gregory Harrison carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Everyone deserves a chance at finding happiness.".
• 7IMDB entry: tt3520216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 14 themes, including "farm", "christianity", "rural area", "religion".

The technical file

Editing

Frank Reynolds

Runtime

90 min · 1h 30m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Fair Haven (2017) ↗

IMDB rating

6.8/10 · 3,743 votes

MPAA

Not Rated

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2017-09-26
  ★ 6/10

  What's right for his eye is wrong for around him! Did not get what I was looking for, but the film was enjoyable for its simpleness. Ordinary characters like you could find them in rural, and they are fighting for their beliefs. Caught between what's right for his own eye, but wrong for others, a teenager named James who is about to admit to a college is tangled up in a romance puzzle. After returning from rehab, now he has to comply with the expectations around him. His father does all he can to help him out, but seems not understood his position very well. In his short period of stay before the college, all the developments he sees are revealed to us. For a B movie, it has a better quality. Impressive in all the level, but not very exciting screenplay. Usually predictable scenes and dialogues. Seems more like would have been a better short film than a feature film. Being a 90 minute stretch, there's nothing to remember the film after a few days its watch. Everything's are already seen in one or the other films. So watching it once would make you no harm, but not a must see, even if you are a big backer of LGBT. Just have a low expectation, that's all. 6/10

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• kinrich302026-08-30
  ★ 7/10

  This was a pretty good movie. It's about a young guy who is sent to conversion therapy after the death of his mother. The movie really starts upon his release from the program, but it has a lot of flashbacks to therapy. While the ending would be considered to be a happy one, you are left with the feeling that he has a long way to go to be truly happy.

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Production companies

Who made it

• SI

  Silent Giant Productions

• TR

  Trick Candle Productions

Key crew

• EditorFrank Reynolds

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• farm
• christianity
• rural area
• religion
• lgbt
• playing piano
• woman director
• father son conflict
• conversion therapy
• closeted homosexual
• father son relationship
• repressed sexuality
• gay theme
• rural setting

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2016-04-23· Washington, D.C.
• Theatrical2017-03-03

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International titles

• Forkert KærlighedDK