Review of The White Countess (2005) by David Ansen for Newsweek — 13 Mar 2018
Ishiguro is a wonderful novelist, but perhaps not a natural-born screenwriter. The White Countess feels schematic and dramatically inert. Ivory, for all the acting talent at his disposal, finds plenty of style in prewar Shanghai, but its pulse eludes him.
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This review of The White Countess (2005) was written by David Ansen and published by Newsweek on 13 Mar 2018.
The White Countess has generally received positive reviews.
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