The Constant Gardener (2005)

Money, especially the corporate endeavor to accumulate very large quantities of the stuff, is at the root of incalculable anguish. Yet this topic is presented with taste, courage, and conviction in the conscience-stirring thriller The Constant Gardener (2005). The villains of this powerful and disturbing exposé are multinational pharmaceutical companies; controlling conglomerates that profit from pandering pills to every real and imagined ill of the western world while curing almost nothing. As such, this pic puts a human face to the victims of the drug lords’ greed; the poor multitudes who live under corrupt African regimes and are used as disposable guinea pigs. Whenever we look away while a gross crime is being committed, we become accomplices. Fortunately, no one will look away when Rachel Weisz flashes her flesh. As Tessa Abbott, the raven-haired hottie dons black mesh panties. If that’s not erotic enough, she touts her captivating cleavage via a white lace brassiere when fooling around with Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle. Breast of all, Ms. Weisz shows off her nude boobs in the bath — rub a dub dub! — before scrubbing up her bare butt in the shower. No wonder she received an Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Award, British Independent Film Award, and London Film Critics’ Circle prize for Best Supporting Actress. Heaven knows the skintastic starlet scored a statuette in Mr. Skin’s pants. In other words, watching Rachel expose her acting chops (and naked T&A) will make you a Constant Grower in your trousers!