Surviving Eden

Lynch, playing an abrasive TV producer, serves as an unfortunate reminder of the Christopher Guest movies that clearly inspired this exercise.

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

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

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