Movie #3 The Constant Gardener

#3 1/11/05
MOVIE: THE CONSTANT GARDENER (2005)
Drama
Setting: Africa – Present Day
CAST: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
RATING: C+
WHERE SEEN: Own living room
SEEN WITH: John
DVD EXTRAS:
REASON FOR VIEWING: Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Picture
INTERESTING ASIDE: The story was filmed in the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani, Kenya.
The situation affected the cast and crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education around these villages. Weisz, Fiennes
and Le Carré are patrons of the charity.

COMMENTS: After a slow start – this movie with a complicated plot and enough flashbacks
to give one whiplash – finally started making sense about 2/3 of the way through. Was Tessa
using her husband? Was she having an affair? What was she up really up to? Unlike others
though, I didn’t like it well enough to watch it again right away in order to understand it
better. I am not a huge fan of any of the actors so that wouldn’t be a reason to see it again
either. The African scenery was beautiful though and I predict an Oscar nomination in
cinematography.