About this movie
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Chris Messina
- Sarah Paulson
- Rich Sommer
- Alexie Gilmore
- Natalie Gold
- Tom O'Brien
Directors
- Tom O'Brien
Producers
- Darren Goldberg
- Chris Messina
- Dennis O'Neill
- Sam Osterhout
- Massoumeh Emami
- Tom O'Brien
Fairhaven
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
56%
percent positive reviews
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment WeeklyPersonal tenderness combines with a good sense of composition and a naturalistic storytelling style to give a small, familiar premise a nice lilt.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
The clich-infested script ... is long on booze-filled confessions.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
While there's something undeniably fascinating about the way "Fairhaven" repeatedly avoids predictable payoffs for portentous dramatic setups, narrative momentum is conspicuous by its absence.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
[A] beautifully acted, directed and edited little slice of New England life ...
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Tom Russo, Boston Globe
O'Brien and his castmates seem to play loose with his script a bit more than they should in an effort to give the material a lived-in feeling.
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
It has a nuance and a rumpled comfort with itself, which turns "Fairhaven" into an inviting place to visit.
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Nick Schager, Village Voice
Indies don't come blander than writer/director Tom O'Brien's Fairhaven ...
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