Fresh
Fernando Meirelles, codirector of City of God, stresses old-fashioned storytelling and takes full advantage of his cast, including Danny Huston.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Constant Gardener
Love. At any cost.
2005 · 2h 9m · R
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Fernando Meirelles
Overview
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Director and cast
- Fernando Meirelles Director
- Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle
- Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle
- Danny Huston as Sandy Woodrow
- Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
- Donald Sumpter as Tim Donohue
- Pete Postlethwaite as Dr. Lorbeer aka Dr. Brandt
- Richard McCabe as Arthur "Ham" Hammond
- Hubert Koundé as Dr. Arnold Bluhm
- Daniele Harford as Miriam
- Bernard Otieno Oduor as Jomo
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
... Ralph Fiennes gives one of the year's subtlest, yet most exciting, screen performances ...
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Fiennes carries Le Carre's spirit with a slow-burning performance that operates on two fronts: As a powerful indictment of third-world abuses by pharmaceutical companies, and as a widower's moving investigation into his shattered relationship.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
Rises to a pitch of terror and outrage that leaves one shaken.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Meirelles 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.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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