135: The Constant Gardener, Lots of Ralph, and Plenty of Fiennes

About this episode

The episode discusses the film The Constant Gardener, focusing on Ralph Fiennes' performance and the film's genre elements.

What is a Constant Gardener? Is Ralph Fiennes’ subtle performance a help or a hinderance for a film that is neither satisfyingly edgy nor solidly genre-tastic? Find out for the latest MYFYF episode on the Fernando Meirelles big pharma whistleblower flick, The Constant Gardener (2005). Also starring Rachel Weisz, this is as plum a forgot as you’ll ever likely to see. Got a film you forgot you forgot? Join our growing Discord community and tell us all about it: https://discord.gg/WjE2H22ZWk Or send us an email at moviesyouforgotyouforgot@gmail.com with your thoughts, episode suggestions, or just some light praise. You can also follow Adam @errorofways on Letterboxd; he rates and reviews the films he watches. Also, be a pal: tell your chums, rate us, review us, shout our name into the void - whatever helps spread the word.

People in this episode

Host: Adam

Topics covered

• film analysis
• performance critique
• big pharma
• whistleblower
• forgotten films

Keywords

• Constant Gardener
• Ralph Fiennes
• Rachel Weisz
• film critique
• big pharma
• whistleblower
• forgotten films

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fernando Meirelles

Books & works: The Constant Gardener

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