![]() ![]() Its stance is very left-wing, and if you are not in agreement with its politics, you will find little to like about the movie. ![]() THE CONSTANT GARDENER strongly condemns capitalism as a force that motivates dishonest and deadly behavior. Justin must make his own investigation into her murder, and he stumbles upon a conspiracy between the pharmaceutical company and the British government. His wife Tessa is impassioned about helping the diseased population in Africa, but she is killed soon after researching a medical firm donating medicine to Africans. Ralph Fiennes plays Justin Quayle, a worker from the British High Commission assigned to Kenya. Unfortunately, more attention is paid to rendering a leftist political statement than a satisfying drama. ![]() I’m grateful we have ‘Oscar winner Rachel Weisz’ even if she perhaps deserved it more for The Favourite.THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a slow moving puzzle about a British diplomat who uncovers a government conspiracy while looking for his wife’s murderer. Even fairly vivid exploration of an urgent topic can’t save this film from suffering a tedious demise whenever Weisz is absent. Despite this being Meirelles’s work brining a John Le Carré to the screen, there’s a fundamental lack of engagement. Not only is she arguably the co-lead (recognised rightly by BAFTA) and thereby bolstered her chances due to typical category fraud, but she’s the shining light of The Constant Gardener. However upon watching it becomes crystal clear just why Rachel Weisz won. Weisz’s win felt anomalous for a first-time British nominee in a largely forgotten film. Rachel Weisz won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance here, beating out fresh competition from relative newcomers Michelle Williams and Amy Adams. After co-directing on of the finest films of the 21st century, Fernando Meirelles made what is now remembered mainly for a single performance. ![]()
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