Movie Analysis Worksheet-The Constant Gardener (2005)

Running Head : Fernando Meirelle 's The Constant Gardener

Critique and Analysis of Fernando Meirelle 's The Constant Gardener

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Fernando Meirelle 's The Constant Gardener is cinematic in the sense that it is creatively engaged with its narrative . The film makes extensive use of non-linear narrative , which replicates the feeling of a novel , in which the story is spliced into multiple threads that converge onto themselves . This is no mere artistic liberty , as many of the critical plot developments require tracking back to events that transpired

before the death of Tessa , which happens very early in the film . It also eschews idealized visions of Africa , making judicious use of filter and color - making Africa look less romantically naturalist and more like a harsh landscape , and by extension , an unforgiving continent . Because of the non-linear narrative , the harsh aesthetic and the reliance on hand-held camera work , The Constant Gardener is a self-conscious piece of work that draws attention to its existence as a film , to the benefit of the story and the audience . The non-chronological storytelling requires audiences to pay close attention . The film is also pointed about its own narrative conceits

The Constant Gardener is extremely well-cast . Ralph Fiennes , whose ability to play emotionally guarded and self-distanced characters is rarely noticed , plays well to his character whose engagement with the world is filled with reluctance . Rachel Weisz balances Tessa equally as Fiennes ' fiery lost love and as an romising activist by depicting her as an...