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The White Countess

Overview

Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

December 21, 2005 (NY, LA, CH)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

James Ivory

Starring :

Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, John Wood, Lynn Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

3.5 of 5

“..never casts caution aside and grabs hold of the audience until its final moments..”
by Matt McKillop [Filmcritic]
2 of 4

“..Ivory delivers the slavishly middlebrow, meandering, Anglo-centric goods with The White Countess..”
by [Film Freak Central]
3.5 of 5

“..inert and flat..”
by [E! Online]
2 of 4

“..an empty and listless exercise in style that frustrates..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
3.5 of 4

“..a very classy, finely made film..”
by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune]
“..a typically classy period piece..”
by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter]
2 of 4

“..a dusty, monotonous effort..”
by Joe McGovern [Slant Magazine]
4 of 10
Reviewed by Le Apprenti [Movie-Vault]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sheri Linden [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by [Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste]

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