Henry Rewatched: The Constant Gardner:

See, sometimes there are advantages to being politically ignorant...



Everyone I've talked to who takes this movie totally on face value, and really tries to think about what it "has to say" and all that...they've all kinda disliked the film.

Well I have the advantage of being able to shut my brain off. If a movie works...I don't give a hell what it is trying to say. If the message of the film happens to hit the right chord for me...great...but in general that means nothing to me.

So I happen to really like The Constant Gardner. And it is all about Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes in this film for me. Their strange, disjointed, sad, but loving and touching relationship just totally works. And it really only works because they're both so damn good in the movie.

I could go into what the plot of the movie is, or where I happen to fall on the film's message, or any of that...but it just isn't important to me. This is a brilliant study of two people in love who can't quite understand the other until it's too late.

Totally worth seeing; a modern forgotten gem.

Grade: A-

Best Scene: Fiennes breaking down while watching a video of Weisz.