Eden 2013

Stephen Holden, New York Times: [An] excruciating vision of under-age women conscripted into sexual slavery by a criminal enterprise from which there is seemingly no escape. Read more

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: Cruelty, bloodletting and death are evident throughout (frequently occurring just outside the frame), and Griffith's laudable discretion actually intensifies their impact. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Griffiths and her screenwriter, Rick Phillips Jr., manage the tricky business of evoking the specific horrors of sex slavery without languishing in the lurid and graphic. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: A unique and thought provoking picture on a subject that ought to send you into a good old fashioned blood-boiling rage. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Griffiths lays bare a many-tentacled trafficking system sickening in its reach. Read more

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic: A quite moving performance comes from Jamie Chung as Eden, repulsion sliding into fearful acceptance without the extinction of hope. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Nearly every second is taken up with the horrors inflicted upon the heroine by the sorriest bunch of good ol' boy sadists since "Deliverance." Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Once bodies start piling up to a generic indie-twang score and plot turns head south of ludicrous, Eden's goodwill dissipates. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Scrupulously avoiding salaciousness and overstatement, "Eden" translates a true-life tale of human trafficking into an effectively low-key, arrestingly suspenseful drama. Read more

Stephanie Carrie, Village Voice: A few moments harp on the sentimental, but overall, this is a powerful addition to the small collection of films dedicated to spreading awareness of this horrific crime. Read more