The Garden of Eden 2008

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Ms. Suvari's Catherine is so extravagantly monstrous that Mr. Huston's David, who provides a desultory narration, comes across as an inert nonentity. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: The dialogue and plot in Garden Of Eden are rendered clearly and precisely, without a lot of fine shading. The result is a movie that's all surface... all silly, silly surface. Read more

Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News: It just seems like a bunch of actors playing dress-up. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: Better than it might have been yet still a definite letdown, a literary B-side turned into something not awful, just forgettable. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Everybody flirts with everyone else as director John Irvin pours on a level of shopping-mall-gift-shop-kitsch that would shame Wayne Newton. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Vet British helmer John Irvin's mannered, bloodless and appallingly thesped filmization of Hemingway's posthumous novel, though unlikely to set the author rolling in his grave, may still have viewers rolling in the aisles. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: The resulting sangria cocktail is mild, unchallenging, and kinda dull. Read more