Unbearably fidgety camera work, for little or no reason it never stopped moving, tracking in, tracking out, hand held, on dolly, tilted one way then the next, knee high, up in a helicopter, down in a pit looking up. Why not give the actors room to work instead of how clever is the camera. lighting, what lighting? No shot long enough to be able to judge. What disservice to John Carre and the superb actors who were but a background to the camera. What was going through director's (Meirelles)mind? Why distract from the brilliant story with this overly mobile camera and using such very short takes, let us look at the actors faces, they are the stars not the camera. The music was superb!
Review of The Constant Gardener
