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Surviving Eden

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Surviving Eden (2006)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:2

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.7/10

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Loser takes all... Loser loses all... in "Surviving Eden." In the tradition of "Waiting for Guffman" and "Take the money and Run," a documentary film crew follows the pitfalls and pratfalls of... Loser takes all... Loser loses all... in "Surviving Eden." In the tradition of "Waiting for Guffman" and "Take the money and Run," a documentary film crew follows the pitfalls and pratfalls of reality show winer Dennis Flotchky. One million dollars richer and 150 pounds lighter but none the wiser, Dennis quickly and hilariously falls victim to the machinations of the Hollywood celebrity maker and the vultures and hangers-on that accompany it. -- © Cineville Inc. [More]

Starring: Michael Panes, Cheri Oteri, Jane Lynch, Sam Robards

Starring: Michael Panes, Cheri Oteri, Jane Lynch, Sam Robards, Savannah Haske, Peter Dinklage, Illeana Douglas, Conchata Ferrell, John Landis, Tim Lane, Deep Roy

Director: Gregory Pritikin

Director: Gregory Pritikin
Studio: Cineville

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Reality TV, says one character in Greg Pritikin's Surviving Eden, makes you stupid and ill. The movie tries hard to prove it.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/31/06
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

Writer-director Greg Pritkin ('Dummy') offers up a parody that's less enjoyable than the stuff he's mocking.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/24/06
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com

If not a gift to audiences, it is an unintentional trove of how-not-to tips for aspiring filmmakers.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

No script, no stars, no nothing. What could go wrong?..Just because nothing did doesn't mean that the film is good.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
08/25/06
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Writer/director Greg Pritikin has created a reality-TV satire as clueless as the self-impressed 'stars' it scorns.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/25/06
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

Surviving Eden is the sort of hapless vanity project where even the outtakes at the end aren't funny.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/25/06
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Although early scenes hold out some promise that this parody of Survivor could amount to something, the movie quickly runs out of ideas.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/25/06
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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The movie insists that we care deeply about its sad sack protagonist as some sort of Chaplin-esque victim of vanity and greed. But neither Pritkin's conception nor Panes' performance warrants such sympathy.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/24/06
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday

This comedy could use some polishing. With a little more style it could have been better, but there is a decent film inside this one somewhere.

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08/26/06
Mark R. Leeper
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That it has nothing novel to say about the subject matter it's skewering is the film's largest failing.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
08/22/06
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

The tribal council has spoken: this is a funny movie.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
09/12/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Only Lynch's over-the-top network executive stands out in this otherwise bland film that tries for satire but neglects to be funny.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/25/06
Angel Cohn
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04/15/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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This witless satire dares to take on the culture of -- get ready for this -- reality TV!

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/22/06
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Village Voice
 
 
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