Eden
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: November 14, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceF. X. Feeney
This portrait of an imploding marriage is remarkable for every reason that counts in a good film. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A picture so modest and minor-key that the emotional bruise it leaves may take days to develop. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
A compelling Irish drama. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
Well crafted and acted, Declan Recks' Irish domestic drama Eden, adapted from his own play by Eugene O'Brien, offers an intimate portrait of a husband and wife who have stopped communicating with each other. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Thrumming with anguish and erotic vitality, Eden paints a heartbreaking portrait of a newly affluent country (freed from dour priests, whiskey-soaked revolutionaries and shawl-clad women) afflicted with emotional growing pains. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Eden lacks the technique to give its stifled domestic-erotic feelings their full power. Read full review
60
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Picture loses its delicate edge when it builds to a prescribed dramatic flashpoint within an overly compressed timeframe Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
This domestic drama from the producers of "Once" could be about the pair from that gentle romance - a decade later. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri Linden
Director Declan Recks underlines every emotion, every brooding pause, working against the spare dialogue with fancy-footwork camera moves and an insistent score. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
An Irish indie that is well-observed and well-acted - but ultimately, not much more exciting than the love lives of its lead characters. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Eden is "Once" after two kids and 10 years of marriage have sucked the music out of life. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Although its low-key realism is admirable, Eden doesn't really work: the long silences, the aching stares, the telling props, Breda's quivering blues, Billy's drunkenness, his distraction. There might as well be a sign stuck to the Farrells' front door: Dysfunctional family lives here. Read full review
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