June 14

Day 14

Today’s June Swoon 5 film was on Netflix and it was directed by Ron Howard. It was entitled Eden and it is based on a true story.

According to IMDB, “Based on a factual account of a group of outsiders who settle on a remote island only to discover their greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other.”

The cast was remarkably strong and their performances were all exceptional. The cast included Jude Law, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas, and Vanessa Kirby.

These actors brought what they could to the film, despite that their characters were not written with much depth and were basically surface level.

There were some solid scenes and watching these characters back stab each other was a fun watch.

Ana de Armas was tremendously intriguing as the Baroness. She was very manipulative and used her sexuality in some very creative manners.

Eden was a mixed bag. Great actors with solid performances, but the story and characters were lacking at times. It was not a terrible watch, but it could have been so much more than what we got.