Eden

  • 2014


MOVIE IS inauspicious disturbing harrowing shockingly captivating
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72 %
85 % Certified Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.6/5
inauspicious disturbing harrowing shockingly captivating

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4.5
Truthfully, theres a shockingly small amount of sex and even less nudity. Indie Wire
2.0
What begins as gritty realism ends up as the usual made for cable melodramaticsan apple thats always better left unbitten. Time Out
4.5
This is a visceral, haunting work that will not soon be forgotten by any who see it.
3.0
Yet even this gradual disintegration doesnt necessarily represent a failure, as far as Channel 4 is concerned. Radio Times
1.5
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesnt kid himself: hes a TV junkie. Decider
4.0
Engaging, sharply focussed and pointedly non exploitative sex trafficking drama with a strong script, assured direction and a terrific central perform .. View London
4.0
Eden surprises by managing to paint a vivid and disturbing picture of the trafficking experience within the context of a conventional thriller. Flim List
2.5
A solid, well acted film sadly bereft of the threat and drama required to truly convey the horror of Chong Kims situation. Empire
3.0
Griffiths handles the exploitation with care, hinting at what goes on rather than rubbing our faces in it. Eye For Film
4.5
But his rags to rich path with its hard work, perseverance and bourgeois education, proves far more complicated and finally more shattering than most .. The New York Times
3.0
Harrowing true events are dramatised with surprising restraint in the low key Eden. Express
4.5
Advertisement He meets Arturos sister, Elena (Jessica Cressy), and falls hard, instantly. Chicago Tribune
4.5
The Bottom Line Sex trafficking survival tale should break filmmaker Megan Griffiths out of the fest circuit. Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Its based on the experiences of a real life Korean woman, Chong Kim, but you can just tell that many of the facts have been massaged. Standard
4.5
The novel was already its own semi autobiographical hall of mirrors, refracting Londons rise and fall journey through that of a restless, misguided an .. Los Angeles Times
1.5
The irony, naturally, is that hes drowning in existential despair, though the script fails to delve deep enough into his fatal angst. Variety
2.5
The film proves a story can be moving without doing much heavy lifting. Oregon Live
2.0
Eden may function as an inauspicious window into the distressing real world of sex works, but its underlying story not only deserves but positively de .. Cine Vue
3.0
For half an hour, with brutish hunks abusing teens in torn clothes, we think: Sexploitation! Then stately, plump Beau Bridges appears, a corrupt feder .. Ft
3.5
Of course, theres an event that snaps Eden back to attention, leading to the necessary confrontation. Contact Music
4.5
Eden is disturbing in that it shows not only degradation, but how we have the ability to become accustomed to it and accepting of it. Ion Cinema
4.5
Her scenes with Matt OLearys relentlessly unnerving Vaughan are also genuinely intense and completely convincing. Theepoch Times
4.5
A storyteller and self mythologizer (as with Jack London, theres clearly an autobiographical kick to many of Martins tales), our hero essentially buys .. Vulture
4.5
Griffiths makes gripping drama from it all, thanks to an observant camera and nuanced characters. Stream On Demand At Home
3.0
Props to Griffiths for proving that it only takes a very slight shift in tone and focus to give a gory old bike a set of shiny new wheels. Little White Lies
4.5
Its truly harrowing material, made all the more disturbing by its basis in reality.
4.5
He meets Arturos sister, Elena (Jessica Cressy), and falls hard, instantly. Providence Journal



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