Hemingway's Garden of Eden (2010)
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4% of critics liked it
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22% of users liked it
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Produced for Tranquil Seas by Lorne Thyssen and Timothy J. Lewiston, directed by John Irvin and starring Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Carmen Maura, Richard E. Grant and Matthew Modine, "Hemingway's Garden Of Eden" was adapted from the Ernest Hemingway book by former Paris… More Produced for Tranquil Seas by Lorne Thyssen and Timothy J. Lewiston, directed by John Irvin and starring Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Carmen Maura, Richard E. Grant and Matthew Modine, "Hemingway's Garden Of Eden" was adapted from the Ernest Hemingway book by former Paris Review editor James Scott Linville. The book was published posthumously and, when it finally hit the bookstores in 1986, it was an immediate success. It remains one of Hemingway's most debated novels. Set in the jazz age years, prior to the depression, the story follows a successful young American writer, David Bourne (JACK HUSTON), and his beautiful wife, Catherine (MENA SUVARI), on their extended honeymoon in Europe. Catherine soon becomes restless and starts to test her husband's devotion, pushing him to the limits of her imagination. Already unsure of the games his wife is playing, David is both uncomfortable and curious when she brings a sultry Italian girl, Marita (CATERINA MURINO), to spice things up. As the erotic game reaches new levels, the events that follow will change their lives forever. --© Roadside Attractions
- Directed By
- John Irvin
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 10, 2010 Limited
- On DVD
- Mar 15, 2011
- Studio
- Roadside Attractions
Critic Reviews
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Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
It just seems like a bunch of actors playing dress-up.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cast
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Mena Suvari
as Catherine Bourne
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Jack Huston
as David Bourne
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Caterina Murino
as Marita
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Carmen Maura
as Madame Aurol
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Richard E. Grant
as Colonel Boyle
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Matthew Modine
as David's Father
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Mathias Palsvig
as Young Davey
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Héctor Tomás
as Patrice
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Dritan Biba
as Patron/Waiter
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Luis Callejo
as Monsieur Jean
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Alvaro Roig
as Vladimir
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Yael Belicha
as Girl Onlooker
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Maria Miguel
as Nina
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Igacio Gijon Solis
as Ritz Waiter
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Enrique Zaldua
as Waiter #2
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Lola Peno
as Rotund Woman
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Isabella Orlowska
as Constanza
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Alejandro Arroyo
as Man in Crowd
