Fernando Meirelles, codirector of City of God, stresses old-fashioned storytelling and takes full advantage of his cast, including Danny Huston.
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:32
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: The Constant Gardener is a smart, gripping, and suspenseful thriller with rich performances from the leads.
Theatrical Release:Aug 31, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $33,565,375
Synopsis: Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, CITY OF GOD, won awards all over the world--and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars--has crafted another... [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Reviews for The Constant Gardener
Top Critic... Ralph Fiennes gives one of the year’s subtlest, yet most exciting, screen performances ...
12/09/05
Top CriticMeirelles clearly trusts his actors, particularly Fiennes and Weisz: The plot of The Constant Gardener is fairly intricate, but in the end, the story is told mostly in their faces.
08/31/05
Top CriticThe Constant Gardener is beautifully structured, an artful mix of forward motion and flashbacks.
08/31/05
Top CriticThe director's fluttering hand keeps the ground constantly shifting beneath our feet, which is just what this beautifully wrenching adaptation for the screen requires.
08/31/05
Top CriticThe filmmaker's assurance and vision in reimagining the novel are downright inspiring.
08/31/05
Top CriticViewers who like real-world issues interwoven with their fiction -- much in the style of author John Le Carré, whose novel is the basis for this movie -- should find plenty to chew on.
08/31/05
Top CriticA character-driven drama of actual import that delivers a message and dramatic punch, but with a visual edginess and narrative ingenuity that is in the service of the story, as opposed to the filmmaker's cleverness.
08/31/05
Top CriticThe Constant Gardener manages to fight through its own pretensions to deliver a tale you care about, featuring characters you care for.
08/31/05
Top CriticIf it sends audiences home to log on to the Amnesty International website, terrific -- but that still doesn't make it a very good movie.
08/31/05
Top CriticA film that grips us dramatically, intellectually and emotionally.
08/31/05
Top CriticFernando Meirelles's excellent adaptation of the novel by John le Carré is likely to linger in your mind and may even trouble your conscience.
08/31/05
Top CriticA slick, fast-paced production with first-rate performances and an emotional punch you won't soon forget.
08/31/05
Top CriticThis is not a movie that will shock you or thrill you or rock your world. Instead, it will move you, it will stick with you, it will give you pause and effect you in ways not easily described -- which is something the best films always do.
08/31/05
Top CriticYes, the cast is certainly seductive, and the direction often beguiling, yet ultimately we're left with a distinct sense of abandonment, of a story insufficiently told.
08/31/05
Top CriticThe Constant Gardener is more like walking past a series of paintings than watching a movie. You can admire the skill that went into work, but it never carries you along.
08/31/05
Top CriticThis is one of the year's best films.
08/31/05
Top CriticA sweaty, vital masterpiece that's always one step ahead of its audience.
08/31/05
Top CriticIt harkens back to an era when movies about socially relevant causes came without irony and with the conviction that wide exposure could bring about needed changes. In other words, this isn't your usual multiplex offering.
08/31/05
Top CriticA masterwork of suspense, romance and political intrigue. It is a taut and gripping thriller that dazzles the eyes and engages the brain in a way that few recent films have come close to approaching.
08/31/05
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