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The Constant Gardener

Based on the best-selling John le Carré novel and from the Academy Award-nominated director of "City of God." In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined.

I've seen "City of God" (great movie). Based on the description, this looks like a good one too.
 
I've wanted to see this as well, but the name is pretty stupid. I figured that it was 2 hours of footage of someone gardening, constantly. Instead it's a tale of murder, international intrigue, and government conspiracy. Makes perfect sense!
 
i guess it describes the guy who's constantly gardening and thus has no time for his wife....thereby allowing her to get mixed up with the intrigue and thus setting forth a sequence of events.

thats my guess i guess.
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've wanted to see this as well, but the name is pretty stupid. I figured that it was 2 hours of footage of someone gardening, constantly. Instead it's a tale of murder, international intrigue, and government conspiracy. Makes perfect sense!
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The name may sound stupid, but trust me it has a deeper meaning after you have watched the movie.. It was a excellent movie, right on par with the English Patient....

 
The movie is based upon a book. I haven't seen it or read it, but I imagine since it is a spy movie, it is about a control agent grooming his spies based on the title.
 
Originally posted by: orenero
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've wanted to see this as well, but the name is pretty stupid. I figured that it was 2 hours of footage of someone gardening, constantly. Instead it's a tale of murder, international intrigue, and government conspiracy. Makes perfect sense!
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The name may sound stupid, but trust me it has a deeper meaning after you have watched the movie.. It was a excellent movie, right on par with the English Patient....
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English Patient was a sappy love story. No thanks.
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: orenero
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've wanted to see this as well, but the name is pretty stupid. I figured that it was 2 hours of footage of someone gardening, constantly. Instead it's a tale of murder, international intrigue, and government conspiracy. Makes perfect sense!
Click to expand...

The name may sound stupid, but trust me it has a deeper meaning after you have watched the movie.. It was a excellent movie, right on par with the English Patient....
Click to expand...

English Patient was a sappy love story. No thanks.
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A love story with tons of oscars and awards.. I was and will be a classic. To each his own.. = )..
 
Originally posted by: orenero
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've wanted to see this as well, but the name is pretty stupid. I figured that it was 2 hours of footage of someone gardening, constantly. Instead it's a tale of murder, international intrigue, and government conspiracy. Makes perfect sense!
Click to expand...

The name may sound stupid, but trust me it has a deeper meaning after you have watched the movie.. It was a excellent movie, right on par with the English Patient....
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Oh man. I really wanted to see it, but I think you just scared me away.
The English Patient was the most horribly painful torture I've ever had to endure.

Is Constant Gardener really that horrible?
 
Originally posted by: DT4K
Oh man. I really wanted to see it, but I think you just scared me away.
The English Patient was the most horribly painful torture I've ever had to endure.

Is Constant Gardener really that horrible?
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It's kinda slow in that there's a lot of very subtle detail that goes by unnoticed by most viewers. (i.e. it's not typical hollywood audience spoon feeding). But stuff defeinitely happens in it, especially once the story gets going.

My only criticism **mild spoiler alert**





is that the main character is kind of cold and distant, so that you don't idenitfy with him or care much about him til later in the movie. It's the kind of movie where the 2nd viewing is probably the best one.
 
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