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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis portrait of an imploding marriage is remarkable for every reason that counts in a good film.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA picture so modest and minor-key that the emotional bruise it leaves may take days to develop.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettWell 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.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThrumming 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.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEden lacks the technique to give its stifled domestic-erotic feelings their full power.
- 60VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibPicture loses its delicate edge when it builds to a prescribed dramatic flashpoint within an overly compressed timeframe
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis domestic drama from the producers of "Once" could be about the pair from that gentle romance - a decade later.
- Director Declan Recks underlines every emotion, every brooding pause, working against the spare dialogue with fancy-footwork camera moves and an insistent score.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAn Irish indie that is well-observed and well-acted - but ultimately, not much more exciting than the love lives of its lead characters.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisEden is "Once" after two kids and 10 years of marriage have sucked the music out of life.