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Director Fernando Meirelles' follow up to City Of God, based on the best selling novel by John Le Carre. Stars Ralph...
Director Fernando Meirelles' follow up to City Of God, based on the best selling novel by John Le Carre. Stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz (in an Oscar winning performance). Shot in Germany, England and Kenya.
When an activist (Rachel Weisz), working in Kenya, is found murdered, her widower (Ralph Fiennes), struck with grief, dives head first into the mystery surrounding her death. "Like many Le Carre stories, it begins with grief and proceeds with sadness toward horror" (Chicago Sun-Times).
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83 %189 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
82 %217,757 reviewsAudience score rating
"This late-August release comes in the nick of time to prove a point: Movies that give a damn do have a place in summer. <br /><br />Director (1/2 Movies that give a damn do have a place in summer..."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"One of the years best films..."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The film is far from faultless... But this is a powerful and affecting film, a thinking person's thriller..."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"Serious, topical filmmaking of a very high order. It may not engage as immediately as a Bourne, but it sticks with you longer..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Gripping and intelligent entertainment, The Constant Gardener is a dramatic thriller about a man who only grows to truly understand his wife after she's dead..."
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BBC
BBCThe Constant Gardener | Details
Award winner- Best Supporting Actress (Weisz) winner at the Academy Awards 2006.
- Runtime
- 129
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA, UK
