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September 2, 2005
At the Movies: A tale of tragic love and corporate intrigue
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
John le Carre's rich worlds of intrigue can be a tough sell on the big screen. Yet the assured directing of Fernando Meirelles and the fluid chemistry of Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz combine to place "The Constant Gardener" among the better le Carre adaptations.
The film works only fitfully in its big-picture subject of heartless pharmaceutical executives and government officials putting dollars ahead of the lives of Kenyans used as guinea pigs for an experimental tuberculosis drug.
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