Well worth seeing
Based on the John Le Carre novel, the new thriller, "The Constant Gardener," is one of the best films I've seen in recent memory.
The movie stars the superb Ralph Fiennes as a British diplomat drawn by his wife's death into a drug company's plot to test a new drug with dangerous side effects on poor Africans. It not only weaves a compelling, at times surprising, narrative, but gamely avoids Hollywood cliches.
Maybe I wasn't the only one starved for something more than superheroes and aliens.
The crowd at The Carousel was encouragingly large Monday. And the movie seemed especially topical in light of ongoing human tragedies in Africa, Iraq ... and closer to home.
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Allen: The screening we attended tonight was full. I came away deeply moved by the irony of American outrage over living conditions in the wake of Katrina vs. the reality of daily life for millions in other parts of our world, day after day. My "other half" left the theatre shaking his head over the big business vs. "expendable people" storyline. "You know that's probably really happening somewhere, right now," he commented. I didn't respond, because I just couldn't think about it anymore. I just kept seeing that little girl running beside the plane...
Posted on September 10, 2005 12:15 AM