![]() ![]() The movies are so alike it’s a wonder someone hasn’t sued, although it seems unlikely that Hough is on the kind of trajectory Roberts, fresh off Pretty Woman, was at that point. In Safe Haven, Lasse Hallstrom’s second adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks’ book (the first was 2010’s Dear John) cute Katie (Julianne Hough) goes through almost exactly the same motions, although absent any compulsive towel straightening and with the addition of a supernatural twist. The movie was an adaptation of a novel by Nancy Prince. ![]() Living under an assumed identity, Laura finds love in a town bucolic enough to have a Fourth of July day parade, although the bad husband eventually shows up and memorably tidies up her bathroom (most women dream of this) before tries to kill her and her new beau. Follow 1991 film Sleeping with the Enemy featured Julia Roberts as Laura Burney, a nice young woman trying to restart her life after escaping an abusive and controlling husband. ![]()
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