Eden

R

2012

1h 38m

Crime

Drama

List

85%

Tomatometer

40 Reviews

68%

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2,500+ Ratings

A Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by human traffickers, has to agree to her captors' demands to survive.

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Critics Consensus

Led by Jamie Chung's powerful performance, Eden takes a complex and non-exploitative look at the experience of a woman trapped in the horrors of sex trafficking.

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John DeFore

Hollywood Reporter

[T]he picture takes a non-exploitative approach to lurid material.

Jul 17, 2020

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Monica Riese

Austin Chronicle

This is a visceral, haunting work that will not soon be forgotten by any who see it.

Jul 17, 2020

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

It's 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.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 19, 2013

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Patrick Gamble

CineVue

Eden may function as an inauspicious window into the distressing real world of sex works, but its underlying story not only deserves but positively demands a far more considerate and attentive approach than is shown here.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 17, 2020

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Staged with admirable restraint, the film is provocative without being prurient, but its credibility comes under strain towards the end.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 17, 2020

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Joe Bendel

Epoch Times

"Eden" addresses an important and timely topic, but the fearless performances from Chung and O'Leary will completely hook audiences on an emotional level.

Jul 17, 2020

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Audience Member

Amazing! My only problem is she didn’t take the cat with her. Real story or not you’d take the cat.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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Callison D

This is a well done movie, I enjoyed it. It's pretty brutal but does shed light on this problem. She's a good actress.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/12/20

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This movie not only was horribly produced, but...the storyline of this "survivor" is astounding. This story can NOT be true. I have done research on the Chong Kim and I have found that she is a fake! There was a huge investigation done into her alleged trafficking and it was found that she was a fraud. This is an insult to actual survivors like myself! Those of us who have actually been trafficked, can easily see this story is not plausible. I have watched interviews with her on your tube and she smiles when she talks about herself being trafficked...who tf smiles!? This is a very serious issue. This is something that those of us who HAVE been through trafficking and have survived, would never smile about it. In addition, if she has been a public speaker for several years...why did she break down crying in one of her interviews? Those of us who share our stories, especially if we have been sharing them for a long time don't cry about it. It's life, it's what happened, it isn't some fresh wound that we are just now processing. She is a fraud and a fake! She should be ashamed of herself for fraudulently claiming to be a sex trafficking survivor! She is making a mockery of us who have been through these things. As I watched this movie, I found at least 10 points that were HIGHLY of not completely unlikely...a drunk teenager realizes she is going to get kidnapped and tries to run? Haha...no. Not the way it went down in this movie...she clearly has faked it. There are also so many places in this movie that things happen, that if they actually happened, the trafficker would have brutally beat or killed her...not put her in a tub of ice. Over all, this movie is terrible and she is clearly a fraud!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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robbie v

So called true story devalued as apparently based on a lie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Tense and disturbing. Chung's acting was incredible and believable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

All movies about human trafficking are hard to watch and this one is no exception. It is a good story with an ending that is as happy as can be expected.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

A Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by human traffickers, has to agree to her captors' demands to survive.

Director: Megan Griffiths
Producer: Jacob Mosler, Trent Broin, Colin Harper Plank
Screenwriter: Megan Griffiths, Chong Kim, Richard B. Phillips
Production Co: Clatter & Din
Rating: R (Disturbing Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Content|Drug Use|Human Trafficking|Language)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 38m

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