• R, 1 hr. 36 min.
  • Drama
  • Directed By:
    John Irvin
    In Theaters:
    Dec 10, 2010 Limited
    On DVD:
    Mar 15, 2011
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Hemingway's Garden of Eden Reviews

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

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Original Score: 2/5

December 10, 2010
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Everybody flirts with everyone else as director John Irvin pours on a level of shopping-mall-gift-shop-kitsch that would shame Wayne Newton.

Full Review Source: New York Post | Original Score: 0/4

December 10, 2010
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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Better than it might have been yet still a definite letdown, a literary B-side turned into something not awful, just forgettable.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Original Score: 2.5/5

December 9, 2010
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Ms. Suvari's Catherine is so extravagantly monstrous that Mr. Huston's David, who provides a desultory narration, comes across as an inert nonentity.

Full Review Source: New York Times | Original Score: 2.5/5

December 9, 2010
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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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.

Full Review Source: Variety

December 9, 2010
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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The resulting sangria cocktail is mild, unchallenging, and kinda dull.

Full Review Source: Village Voice

December 7, 2010
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