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  • 2005
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  • Focus Features
  • 2 h 9 m
  • 2005
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  • Focus Features
  • 2 h 9 m

Summary Adapted from the novel by John le Carre, this is a gripping romantic thriller that sweeps audiences along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy. (Focus Features)

Directed By: Fernando Meirelles

Written By: Jeffrey Caine, John le Carré

  • 2005
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 2 h 9 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 2 h 9 m

The Constant Gardener

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 87 User Ratings
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Summary Adapted from the novel by John le Carre, this is a gripping romantic thriller that sweeps audiences along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy. (Focus Features)

Directed By: Fernando Meirelles

Written By: Jeffrey Caine, John le Carré

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
37 Reviews
5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
37 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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A sweaty, vital masterpiece that's always one step ahead of its audience.
By Robert K. Elder FULL REVIEW
91
Essentially two movies for the price of one. But those halves add up to more than most movies right now.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
89
Substantive and imaginatively filmed but is not an off-putting art movie; rather, it's the kind of solid but accessible filmmaking that prevailed in Hollywood's golden age.
By Marrit Ingman FULL REVIEW
80
Weisz has never been better: She's joyously expressive and alive, but there's gravity beneath that milkmaid complexion. She's grounded even when she's being flirtatious. And Fiennes has never been more moving.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
80
Succeeds in capturing the book's essential themes and concerns, albeit in a hectic style that could not be more antithetical to that of the literary master of international intrigue.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
70
Rather than trading le Carré's downbeat but agonizingly true-to-life ending for something more palatable, Meirelles has crafted a rare sort of thriller that refuses to resolve real-life issues for the sake of feel-good entertainment.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
50
In the end, The Constant Gardener is hardly more than yet another study of white, upper-middle-class martyrdom rather than the hard look at third-world suffering it might've been.

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1% Negative
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Production Company Focus Features, UK Film Council, Potboiler Productions, Scion Films, Blue Sky Films, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Studio Babelsberg, StudioCanal
Release Date Aug 31, 2005
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The highly anticipated international thriller from John le Carré & Fernando Meirelles the Academy Award nominated director of City of God
Website http://bkenglishatmelville.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/52556695/Article1.pdf
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations

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