The Constant Gardener
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy. From TMDB
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60 of 64 · most liked firstI'm a little behind schedule but I'm finally wrapping up. Here's a look at Fernando Meirelles' THE CONSTANT GARDENER, along with my final thoughts on the summer 2005 movie season. Thanks to anyone who read any of the reviews and/or tolerated months of this cumbersome thread!
positive · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener is a movie about a guy who everyone is like, okay, we get it. You love gardening
neutral · AI labelView post →20 years ago, I won tickets to an advance screening of The Constant Gardener and decided on a lark that I would write my first ever film review and submit it to the UofT school paper. That's how this whole thing started.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the student workers stopped by to say he's watched 4 movies in the past 20 hours. One of them was Hotel Rwanda. He stopped by the circ desk to ask, what was the movie I mentioned last night that came out the same year as Brokeback Mountain? So now he's going to watch The Constant Gardener.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 📽️ - The Constant Gardener (2005) Dir. Fernando Meirelles
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener, john le carré. And FAME 😂 ( a cheat as book written after film.)
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Rachel Weisz, Tessa Quayle, "The Constant Gardener" (directed by Fernando Meirelles). #movies #films #theconstantgardener #fernandomeirelles #rachelweisz
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Ralph Fiennes, Justin Quayle, "The Constant Gardener" (directed by Fernando Meirelles). #movies #films #theconstantgardener #fernandomeirelles #ralphfiennes
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener is as three-stars as a movie gets, though it wasn’t le Carré’s best anyway
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the precedent for Teyana Taylor is Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener," who dominated her film for 45 minutes and then just a few flashbacks over the last 90 minutes.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener (2005) Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs. #FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →John le Carre biography by Sissman the biography truly conveys the real character of Cornwall, his real life and his writing he is boring, his world view is surprisingly naive, ( took him 30 years to find out sometimes witnesses and sources lie!), he has sympathy but no empathy, not patriotic or social ( he thought he shouldn't have to pay taxes just because he doesn't want to ) , can't write women, but he can write a good "what happens" next book, people would send him ideas for his books ,…
neutral · AI labelView post →Our Kind of Traitor, Little Drummer Girl, or The Constant Gardener (and A Most Wanted Man): astonishingly good casting, directors and screenwriters finding ways to make incredible novels _even better_ on film
neutral · AI labelView post →That said this movie just reminded me that The Constant Gardener won Rachel Weisz an Oscar and when the hell did I last even think of The Constant Gardener?? I haven't thought of The Constant Gardener in 20 years. I should re-watch that. Anybody watched it recently?
positive · AI labelView post →the ending was trash that actively dragged the whole movie down. the bullet time sequences with the bloaters were so bad too. OTOH the moments with Fiennes are some of the most moving I've seen in film this year. makes me want to rewatch The Constant Gardener again
neutral · AI labelView post →I probably forgot a ton of movies I'd put up there. Debated on a few, including The Constant Gardener and The Rover. Upstream Color too (horrible creator, but goddamn a fantastic, mindblowing film). Cabin in the Woods was an almost. And despite my cliches, I did not say Under the Silver Lake.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener (2005) www.imdb.com/title/tt0387... #film
neutral · AI labelView post →I won't have space for everything in that little "filmsky 20" exercise but Brick, Open Range, The Quiet American, The Constant Gardener, Michael Clayton...and I haven't even gotten to the comedies and sci-fis yet! 🤣 The 00s were an amazing decade for small-scale American and joint-production film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here for the Constant Gardener boost. "You want a spy movie to be exciting? Fun? Not very tragic? Too bad!"
neutral · AI labelView post →The 2005 adaptation of THE CONSTANT GARDENER poses the question, "What if a slow meditation on intimacy and grief was badly paced Jason Bourne action movie?" What a disaster.
negative · AI labelView post →Fun fact: a clip of The Mint was used to represent the evil pharmaceutical company in the film, The Constant Gardener.
neutral · AI labelView post →John le Carré - either The Little Drummer Girl (and the brilliant 2018 miniseries; NOT the 1984 movie), The Night Manager, or The Constant Gardener. They're standalones. Le Carré was most famous for his Smiley novels, but I'd read those a little later.
neutral · AI labelView post →There are quite a few good Le Carré movie adaptations. Put the Constant Gardener and A Most Wanted Man on your list. The latter is Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last role before he died. Robin Wright is excellent in it as well. Ralph Fiennes is great in the former.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have just watched the film, The Constant Gardener. It's brilliantly done. It really made me think.
positive · AI labelView post →In the series of things I meant to watch years ago but never did, I watched The Constant Gardener last night. Was good. Hints of Edge of Darkness about it. Didn’t have the unhinged element of that but pretty bleak nonetheless. More film reviews as I have them.
positive · AI labelView post →I see your shite movie, and raise you The Constant Gardener. I’m still angry about the time I’ll never get back and that was 20 years ago.
negative · AI labelView post →i reall do not know what dictates their selections. earlier this year i went their to see The Constant Gardener, a movie nobody's thought about since the 2000s lol.
neutral · AI labelView post →Inside Man really is a slept on all time great 2000s movie. Up there with like the Constant Gardener of movies I love and think are significantly one of the best of the decade that don't get enough love.
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone explain why ”The Constant Gardener” is such a good movie title? You hear it once and it just sticks
neutral · AI labelView post →It was such great writing. I love Ralph Fiennes. It took me back to his role in The Constant Gardener, which was a great movie with Rachel Weisz.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s been ages since I watched it, but I really enjoyed the film adaptation of The Constant Gardener because the ending managed to capture that whole le Carré protagonist interiority thing but on screen
positive · AI labelView post →As amazing as this cast is, I'm most excited for director Fernando Meirelles who directed three of my favorites: CITY OF GOD, THE TWO POPES, and THE CONSTANT GARDENER. #HereComesTheFlood punchdrunkcritics.com/2025/05/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book: Black & Blue by Ian Rankin One film: The Constant Gardener One album: What's Going On One TV show: The Wire One radio show/podcast: Rally (P3 1996-2002)
neutral · AI labelView post →Something tells me that your favorite movie is either The English Patient or The Constant Gardener. Definitely something starring Ralph Fiennes!
neutral · AI labelView post →I read THE CONSTANT GARDENER right before the movie came out, and it had a similar feel: absolutely ferocious anger and indignation at how post-colonial Africa is being treated by Western capitalism, but laid out in a very measured way.
positive · AI labelView post →The Pigeon Tunnel (2023, dir Errol Morris). Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of former British spy David Cornwell — better known as John le Carré, author of such classic espionage novels as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Constant Gardener. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Cold War leading into present day, the film spans six decades as le Carré delivers his final and most candid…
neutral · AI labelView post →𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄: 𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 (2005) 🆕new ✅same Supporting Actor🎬Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man🆕 Supporting Actress🎬Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener✅ Original Screenplay🎬The Squid and the Whale🆕 Adapted Screenplay🎬Brokeback Mountain✅ Cinematography🎬2046🆕 Film Editing🎬Sin City🆕 👇🏽
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Thriller Movies Released on August 31! What's your fave? 1. The Big Sleep 2. Purple Noon 3. The Constant Gardener 4. Death Sentence 27 #Thriller movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/aug-31#thriller #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener (film) is actually sacred to me though A holdover from my white savior era, and an intersection of my highly specific interests As well as central to one of the most core moments of my life
positive · AI labelView post →Is it better or worse than the Blindness movie? I ask as probably the biggest fan of that director since City of God and The Constant Gardener are both great movies.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Constant Gardener 1080p (iTunes)(US) $4.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 7.3 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a film, of course, but the tv version of Bleak House is very good. The Constant Gardener and The Russia House are good Le Carre films. Not the others.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Constant Gardener 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 7.3 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley
neutral · AI labelView post →youtube.com/watch?v=TvnY... The Constant Gardener...movie of ref British Govts connection to Coersive Drug Experimentation of populations in East Africa. Wanted...Allergic to Truth...self imposed Legal Immunity their remedy...no matter the extreme harm caused. A reason to Coup. Mango & Atlas ✌️ ☮️ ⚽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminds me of the film The Constant Gardener
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Constant Gardener 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 7.3 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley
neutral · AI labelView post →I've only read Tinker Tailor and The Constant Gardener (in both cases because I loved the film) but they had a lot less action and sex which obviously I hate because I'm a buzz kill.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Constant Gardener (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Australia) for AU$4.99 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley Genre: (Romance) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constant_g...
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Constant Gardener (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Australia) for AU$4.99 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley Genre: (Romance) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constant_g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Looove the 2011 "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (no commas!) and "The Constant Gardener" seems to be nearly forgotten, but is a terrific film!!
positive · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener Issue. #film #cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m surprised these lists don’t have any love for The Constant Gardener… that film really just eviscerated me
positive · AI labelView post →Timing of the shoot suggests it must have been The Constant Gardener, but I admit I've never seen the movie. So if anyone knows there is a scene on the stairs of Berlin Hbf under construction... ?
neutral · AI labelView post →Le Carre’s The Constant Gardener - & the film with Rachel Weisz, & I’m sure, Daniel Craig, except Google says Ralph Fiennes! - also a thriller.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener. What a great film. Weiss and Fiennes were superb. Le Carré never fails to deliver.
positive · AI labelView post →Ralph Fiennes film fest while feeling under the weather. Today’s films are: Conclave The Constant Gardener Strange Days
neutral · AI labelView post →The Constant Gardener would have been a very different movie if they had cast Jason Statham as the gardener.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch movie The Constant Gardener
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone I know got that book., the Real Anthony Fauci.. did you ever see that movie The Constant Gardener? About deadly & unconsentual testing of vaxx on unwitting communities in Africa? And now Putin is pushing a “cancer vaxx”.. in the age of nanotech. I’d like to read more sometime. RFK is decoy🦋
neutral · AI labelView post →Dirty Harry Manhattan Murder Mystery Manhunter His Girl Friday North by Northwest The Constant Gardener The Kentucky Fried Movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1 Aliens
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