| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by Scott Mendelson |
| One thing that The Constant Gardener gets right, something that many
other thrillers and social message movies get wrong, is that the very
worst sort of evil is not born out of lust, greed, or thirst for
power, but rather laziness. Whether it's not...more |
| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by [email protected] |
| While an adaptation of a 2001 John Le Carré novel might not seem
the obvious next project from the Oscar(r)-nominated director of "City of
God," Fernando Meirelles manages to make what might have been a
straightforward political thriller his own....more |
| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by samseescinema |
| Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Daniele Harford,
Hubert Kounde
Screenplay: Jeffrey Caine (John Le Carre)
MPAA Classification: R (language, some violent images and sexual
content/nudity) more |
| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by Rick Ferguson |
| Remember the good old days, when all the movie villains were Nazis? Of
course, the original movie villains were Indians- John Wayne used to
slaughter them by the dozen back in the day, until Arthur Penn's LITTLE
BIG MAN debuted in 1970 and suggested that...more |
| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by innominatetwice |
| Justin Quayle, played by Ralph Fiennes, is a diplomat, in the employ of
the British Foreign Service. He is also a gardener. He is not a
gardener in the sense that he applies his skills for other people for
pay. He enjoys gardening as a way of escaping...more |
| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by Triniman |
| The theatre was packed tonight, a Wednesday night, for what looked like
a film that promised relief from the stream of duds and shallow movies
as of late. more |
| The Constant Gardener Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| As he did in his wildly overrated CITY OF GOD (CIDADE DE DEUS), OSCAR
nominee Fernando Meirelles once again creates a film that is a triumph of
style over storytelling. This film version of John Le Carré's THE CONSTANT
GARDENER fashions a simplistic...more |
