The Constant Gardener

This movie came highly acclaimed and is in the running for the Oscars this year. I found it to be tepid at best. It's a tale of two folks who encounter each other by happenstance and marry before they have a chance to know each other, much like an Indian arranged marriage. The husband is in the diplomatic corp and stationed in Kenya and the wife it turns out is a bit of an activist, with a tart tongue and an unbottled fervor to do good by people. That passion propels her into a vortex with deadly consequences. In the end, this is a movie about genuine concern for the poor, unabashed disgust at the rich who profit at their expense and utter contempt for an establishment that does nothing in the face of overwhelming evidence. Interspersed in between are the vagaries of a flegdling relationship. The DVD is out now.