Eden (2024)
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- Synopsis:
- From Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, 'Eden' unravels the shocking true story of a group of disillusioned outsiders (Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, and Sydney Sweeney) who abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn't the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other. What follows is a chilling descent into chaos where tensions spiral, desperation takes hold, and a twisted power struggle leads to betrayal, violence, and the deaths of half the colony.
- Actors:
- Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney, Jonathan Tittel, Felix Kammerer, Toby Wallace, Ignacio Gasparini, Richard Roxburgh, Paul Gleeson, Thiago Moraes, Nicholas Denton, Tim Ross, Antonio Alvarez, Benjamin Gorroño, Nicholas Burton, Austin Hayden, Cristian Saliadarre
- Directors:
- Ron Howard
- Producers:
- William M. Connor, Stuart Ford, Brian Grazer, Jamie Hilton, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Dean Hood, Ron Howard, Jon Kuyper, Karen Lunder, Patrick Newall
- Writers:
- Noah Pink, Ron Howard
- Aka:
- Origin of Species
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
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Reviews (2) of Eden
Utterly gripping - Eden review by DM
The best stories are the ones that have you wondering what's going to happen. Within the first twenty minutes we can see so many different ways the situation could go wildly wrong -- and each new development has you on the edge of your seat guessing how it will go next. Great performances from all involved (especially Ana de Armas). The only bit that jarred me out of complete immersion was when a character refers to black holes (of the astronomical kind) a full 30 years before the term was coined for that purpose.
Interesting Drama - Eden review by GI
Director Ron Howard usually makes award tipped all American dramas with an edge of heroism usually with a likeable star. attached. With this film however we have a sort of survivalist drama set in the 1930s, an interesting and disturbing story that has a strong cast but occasionally is a bit too clunky and predictable. Believing that democracy leads to racism which leads to war on a never-ending cycle Ritter (Jude law), a German Doctor and his wife Dore (Vanessa Kirby) have left Germany as it drifts into Nazi control and live alone on a remote island in the Galapagos. Ritter shuns human society and writes about the need for change but his letters sent home find their way into newspapers and he unknowingly has a following back in Europe. This results in unwelcome visitors to the island, first come Heinz (Daniel Brühl), his wife Margret (Sydney Sweeney) and his son (Jonathan Tittel). After a frosty start Ritter comes to respect that Heinz and his family want the same as he does and they settle into an easy co habitation of the island. But then the narcissistic self titled Baroness Eloise (Ana de Armas) and her entourage of three men arrive with her claiming she intends to build a tourist hotel there. As bitterness rises between the parties and Eloise drives a wedge between everyone the primeval instincts of humanity come the fore with violence. The story doesn't get to grips with the characters and their motivations with any real sense of depth with the script being a little too flimsy, Vanessa Kirby's character is underwritten which is a shame, but overall this is an interesting drama that is like Lord Of the Flies with grown ups.