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Ron Howard’s Eden Opens to Mixed Reviews as Director Details Fact and Fiction

The film, inspired by the 1929 Galápagos Affair, foregrounds a star ensemble and a women-centered reframing.

Sydney Sweeney is seeing back-to-back box office failure.
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Margret (Sydney Sweeney) traveling in 'Eden'

Overview

  • Eden is now in U.S. theaters following an August 22 release, after a TIFF premiere and earlier overseas runs.
  • The movie holds a 55% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews praising the cast and visuals but noting uneven execution.
  • Howard tells Entertainment Weekly he blended on-site research with survivor accounts and intentionally compressed timelines to shape the narrative.
  • The director says certain dramatic moments are drawn directly from memoirs, including a widely discussed cave-birth sequence described by Margret Wittmer.
  • The survival thriller features Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas, and Daniel Brühl, and was produced on a reported $50 million budget.