Eden

Released Nov 14, 2008

1 hr. 23 min.

Drama

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72%

25 Reviews

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47%

100+ Ratings

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As their 10th anniversary nears, a couple (Aidan Kelly, Eileen Walsh) confront their disintegrating marriage.

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slow but still enjoyable this look at love/marriage on the rocks.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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A glacially paced domestic drama about two married people (Aidan Kelly and Eileen Walsh) who's marriage appears to be on edge as their tenth wedding anniversary approaches. She hopes things will get better while he has reverted to a boozing and fantasizing man of his earlier glory days. The acting is good ... but the story is stark. The only actor I had seen before is Padraic Delaney (Showtime's The Tudors, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) who plays a supporting part as a family acquantaince seeing that the marriage is in trouble. She suffers internally and he suffers internally and then she suffers internally and then he suffers internally and so on. He drinks a lot, she tries to feel better about herself ... There is nothing wrong with this movie, but it isn't one I would recommend to anybody either. There is no real reason on earth to see this one. Ouch. That makes it sound worse than it is ... which isn't fair: watching it is simply an arduous task.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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A gem of an Irish drama I found on Video On Demand! Eileen Walsh (The Magdalene Sisters) was superb as a silently suffering wife whose husband of 10 years can't or won't make love to her any more and would rather spend every night going out with the boys. Breda's been dieting and preparing to make herself look sensational for their 10th wedding anniversary by making herself a sexy purple dress with the hope that her husband will finally connect with her again. Their two children sense the emotional chasm between them and only want them to go out and have a brilliant time together. However, on their special night, Breda's husband Billy makes a total arse of himself because he's been fantasizing about having an affair with a teenaged local girl and ends up at a party at her parents' house instead of going home with his wife from the local bar. In the meantime, a heartbroken Breda finds herself in the arms of another man; one who is willing to really listen to her and who seems to care. This well-written, wonderfully directed film portrays a very realistic look at the intimacies (or lack thereof) of a marriage, in which two people really love each other but have forgotten how to communicate with each other. Beautifully done!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

I didn't get to see it all, but it was beautifully made just a bit sad

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Perhaps better suited to theater than film, Walsh and Kelly are the embodiment of domestic despair, fumbling to find their way back into the light.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Made me wanting to shake both main characters and force them to communicate eventually! A film about feelings, hopes, fears... the real life.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Declan Recks

Director

Aidan Kelly

Billy Farrell

Eileen Walsh

Breda Farrell

Padraic Delaney

Eoghan

Karl Sheils

Breffni Grehan

Lesley Conroy

Eilish Moore

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Brian Tallerico

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Declan Reck has made a character-driven drama that plays with stereotpyical elements of marriage movies like infidelity and ennui but makes them feel completely genuine.

Mar 19, 2009

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Although its low-key realism is admirable, Eden doesn't really work.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 11, 2008

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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.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 5, 2008

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

The sweet sadness of it rises through the banter like a mist. It's something to take home with you.

Aug 16, 2011

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Tony Medley

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Rated: 9/10

Mar 17, 2009

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Stephen Schaefer

Boston Herald

Rated: B+

Mar 17, 2009

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Synopsis

As their 10th anniversary nears, a couple (Aidan Kelly, Eileen Walsh) confront their disintegrating marriage.

Director: Declan Recks
Screenwriter: Eugene O'Brien
Distributor: Liberation Ent.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2008, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Feb 24, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.6K