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Constant Gardener, The (2005)

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Release Date: August 31, 2005
On DVD: January 10, 2006
Genre: Suspense, Drama
Running Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writer: Jeffrey Caine
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Hubert Koundé

Based on the best-selling John le Carré novel and from the Academy Award-nominated director of "City of God." In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), will Read more

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Grade: A- Africa is slowly being featured in more and more mainstream films, although two, the other being "Hotel Rwanda," is not exactly a number to scream about. Regardless, the drug controversy in Africa is given a scathing review in "The Constant Gardener," an intriguing, intoxicating and visually stimulating drama-thriller from the director behind "City of God." Read the full movie review

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The Constant Gardner, by Evelyn C

June 5, 2006

Slow moving and hard to figure out. Good story line but bad film. Ralph Finnes does justice to a poor picture.

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