Candy's Raves (and Rants)

I will admit that I wasn’t sure if I really liked this movie until a couple of hours after watching it. It’s pretty deep – “The Constant Gardener” is a play on words it took me a while to “get”. It moves very slowly and is dark and humorless, for the most part.

But, I did end up liking it. Very sad, very timely and will make you think. The book never interested me, I may pick it up one day… who knows… but the story was told well and the actors did a really great job. It’s pretty heavy politically, but also has a little bit of a love story – a man who gets to know his real wife, but only after she’s dead.

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Description:
Based on John le Carré’s best-seller, this tale of political intrigue centers on Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a member of the British High Commission based in Nairobi. When his wife (Rachel Weisz) is murdered, Justin refuses to leave the matter to his superiors and begins his own investigation. Not even the rumors of his wife’s affairs will stop him from uncovering the truth — a conspiracy much larger and more dangerous than he’d imagined.