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The White Countess (2005) Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Email this page to a friend   Trailers & More: Watch the trailer for The White Countess (2005)  Watch the Trailer The Critics: B 12 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B- 486 ratings Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s, the story of the relationship between a disillusioned former US diplomat and a refugee White Russian countess reduced to a sordid life in the city's bars. Todd Jackson (mid-40s), once an American diplomat filled with idealism, has lost his sight several years earlier, and is now languishing in Shanghai's grand hotels and elite gentlemen's clubs, a burnt-out... See Full Description Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama and War Running Time: 2 hrs. 15 min. Release Date: December 21st, 2005 (NY/LA) MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violent images and thematic elements. Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics U.S. Box Office: $1,666,262 See Full Details Cast and Credits Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Lynn Redgrave, John Wood Directed by: James Ivory Produced by: Andre Morgan, Andreas Schmid, Marcus Schofer See Full Cast and Credits Critical Consensus Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B    Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "Classy period piece has an impeccable cast, but tends to move slowly. Sometimes too slowly." more... B- Boston Globe, Ty Burr "...a watchable disappointment." more... C Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert "Fiennes and Richardson make this film work with the quiet strangeness of their performances..." more... B Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington "...a deeply evocative film, beautifully done." more... A- More Critics Reviews... Sponsored Links (What's This?)