“Eden” Is a Desert-Island Thriller That Despoils Itself
- Posted on August 26, 2025
- By The New Yorker
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“Eden” Is a Desert-Island Thriller That Despoils Itself

In Ron Howard’s historical potboiler, an off-the-grid social experiment veers clumsily—but sometimes compellingly—into “Lord of the Flies” terrain.