She gets involved as an activist in Kenya much to her husband's misgivings and turns up dead. His wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz) is a social activist/lawyer involved in poverty and ethical issues. Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) is a mild mannered British diplomat in Kenya. It is an adaptation of a John Le Carre novel. The Constant Gardener has ingredients that we have seen before but director Fernando Meirelles gives it a mix that gives this thriller a refreshing sheen.
I realize that in some respects there is justice, but death is death. If Fiennes has learned as much as he could, why not rally to the cause and continue the work. Also, I get a little bit tired of the person who is simply willing to allow his own death because of his loss. While the acting is quite good and the characterizations of Kenya and other African settings striking, those, in themselves, don't carry this as they should have. She had to know that she was making herself terribly visible. She acted aggressively with the all the egalitarian diligence she could. The young woman is certainly asking for reprisal from an unsympathetic environment. Sometimes, however, I had to ask myself, can't one be a bit more subtle and by the book in confronting these people. I'm sure that some of this exists, especially in developing countries. We need to buy into the evil of the pharmaceutical companies that are at the center. I thought that as a film about a man driven almost obsessively to find the reasons for his wife's death, this works pretty well.
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