Rotten
It's a pretty journey, even if it is far too talky and emotionally distant to really work.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Overview
In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.
Director and cast
- James Ivory Director
- Ralph Fiennes as Todd Jackson
- Natasha Richardson as Countess Sofia Belinskya
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Matsuda
- Lynn Redgrave as Olga Belinskya
- Vanessa Redgrave as Princess Vera Belinskya
- Madeleine Potter as Grushenka
- Madeleine Daly as Katya
- Allan Corduner as Samuel Feinstein
- John Wood as Prince Peter Belinskya
- Lee Pace as Crane
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A tale well told, a look at history in the making and those being shaken in the process.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
A tedious, overblown bit of business.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Rotten
... The White Countess is so bloodless it all but cries for a transfusion.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
The White Countess, although it has its share of Masterpiece Theatre moments, is another film to remind us just how cosmopolitan is the Merchant-Ivory filmography.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
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