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Fair Haven

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
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6.8/10
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Tom Wopat, Michael Grant, and Josh Green in Fair Haven (2016)
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A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, lo... Read allA young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.

  • Director
    • Kerstin Karlhuber
  • Writers
    • Jack Bryant
    • Kerstin Karlhuber
  • Stars
    • Michael Grant
    • Tom Wopat
    • Gregory Harrison
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    3.2K
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    • Director
      • Kerstin Karlhuber
    • Writers
      • Jack Bryant
      • Kerstin Karlhuber
    • Stars
      • Michael Grant
      • Tom Wopat
      • Gregory Harrison
    • 39User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Trivia
      Michael Grant is a concert pianist and performed all of the piano pieces. He also helped the filmmakers pick the compositions that he played in the film.
    • Goofs
      In the credits, one of the pieces of music Michael Grant plays on the piano is listed as "Nocturne in Eb minor, Op. 9, No. 1," by Frederick Chopin. However, Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, No. 1 is written in Bb minor, not Eb.
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    8/10
    Two gay kids in a small farming town
    When Fair Haven came to my attention at first I thought it was going to be about the ill effects of conversion therapy. But that was only part of it. What it really is about is gay life or the lack thereof in small town America.

    Young Michael Grant has just returned home after an extended stay with Gregory Harrison who is a man advertising he can cure the gay disease. His father Tom Wopat who has not yet gotten over the loss of his wife and Grant's mother is a distant figure carrying on the responsibility of running the family farm which has been in his family for generations in Red State America and he wants his son to carry on. Grant however here and in real life is a pianist and he wants to go to a school to study music.

    This gay thing they both hope is history because Wopat spent enough money on this place he found on line. One who is glad to see Grant is Josh Green who was Grant's lover and whom it is whispered about. But as per what he's been told he angrily pushes Green away. But I think you can safely assume that will not be permanent.

    Harrison does very well in a part that could have been satirized and stereotyped. In his flashback counseling sessions, Harrison has some degrees on his wall, but most prominent is that cross right in the center. He cannot think outside the box his religion has him in. In a group counseling session he tells of the absolute impossibility of romantic love between a same gender pair. We're put here on earth to pro-create and romance is only for heterosexuals. This notion is at the heart of the opponents of conversion therapy ban. And since it is not sanctioned in the only written authority that they recognize, the Bible, ergo it is wrong and a sin. Evidence before their eyes notwithstanding.

    Fair Haven is more about how life is in small town America for gays. Rule of thumb I've found is that LGBT people for about 99% leave small towns and go to cities just to find a community. Farther away you are from a big city the lonelier you are if you are gay. Poor Green who has been less discreet also gets beaten up by some unknown rednecks. That event also triggers Grant into making him realize he was born this way.

    In the end Wopat shows he's not the bad guy we initially think he is. What the future holds for Grant and Green we don't know. But that very speculation partly makes Fair Haven a great film. The rest is a realistic portrayal of small town America not stereotyped at all.
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    • May 21, 2017

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    • Release date
      • March 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 避風港灣
    • Filming locations
      • Rochester, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Trick Candle Productions
      • Silent Giant Productions
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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