December 11, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Aidan Kelly,
Eileen Walsh,
Padraic Delaney,
Lesley Conroy,
Karl Shiels
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Breda and Billy Farrell are a seemingly happy, normal couple approaching their 10th anniversary. In private, however, their marriage shows signs of strain. As Billy begins to obsess over a younger wom... read more
DVD Release Date: February 24, 2009
Stats: 19 reviews
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December 5, 2008
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
To say it is bleak is an understatement. But it will make a lot of people reassess their marriages and decide that, in comparison, they're not so bad after all. Full Review
November 21, 2008
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Walsh and Kelly are the embodiment of domestic despair, fumbling to find their way back into the light. Full Review
November 14, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
An Irish indie that is well-observed and well-acted -- but ultimately, not much more exciting than the love lives of its lead characters. Full Review
November 14, 2008
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Adapting a play by Eugene O'Brien, director Declan Recks has made a remarkably interior movie anchored by two heartbreakingly real, lived-in performances. Full Review
November 14, 2008
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Eden is a picture so modest and minor-key that the emotional bruise it leaves may take days to develop.
November 12, 2008
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Eden lacks the technique to give its stifled domestic-erotic feelings their full power. Yet Kelly and Walsh, who has a shy sensuality that pokes out of her toothy homely beauty, are emotionally eloquent. Full Review
November 5, 2008
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
The acting alone makes this picture well worth seeing. Full Review
May 22, 2008
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Pic loses its delicate edge when it builds to a prescribed dramatic flashpoint within an overly compressed timeframe -- a structural holdover from the pic's stage play roots that ultimately tips it in... Full Review
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