Exit To Eden

Garry Marshall trots out the PRETTY WOMAN treatment for the S&M crowd in EXIT TO EDEN, an anemic blue-movie knockoff of TV's "Fantasy Island." Based on one of Anne Rice's oddball pornographic fantasies, the movie seems so terrified of its own reception in the heartland that it does everything possible to sanitize the sex, shy of serving it up with steamed milk and sugar cookies.

Photojournalist Elliot Slater (Paul Mercurio) is in need of recapturing his self-esteem after being left at the altar. On the advice of a therapist, he joins the work force of Eden, a Hedonism-style resort on an island somewhere in the Caribbean. Here, attractive volunteers sign on to ...