FilmJabber Movie Reviews

Login | Join | Help

Search

The Constant Gardener (2005)

The Constant Gardener movie poster
FilmJabber
A-
Users
NA
Rate this movie
Rate It:
My Grade
NA
Write a review
Buy DVD at Amazon
Release Date: August 31, 2005
On DVD: January 10, 2006
Genre: Suspense, Drama
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writer: Jeffrey Caine
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Hubert Koundé
Studio: Focus Features
Official site: theconstantgardener.com
Running Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity.

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...

Full synopsis »

Movie Review

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." Full movie review »

Movie Photos

Comments

Anonymous says:

June 5, 2006

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

Anonymous says:

September 17, 2005

This movie is totally predictable and a waste of some excellent acting. The jerky filming leaves one ill from the motion instead of the obvious sickness we're supposed to feel about large pharmeceutical companies who prey on impoverished Africans who have no choice but to accept outdated drugs and untested cures.

No HTML. Be kind - your mom might read what you say.

You must be logged in to comment. Log in now.
Not a member? Join for free.