johno-21 Review of The White Countess

The White Countess (2005)

I got shanghaied into believing this was going to be a great movie

[7/10 · 3 February 2006]

I saw this film at the 2006 Palm Springs International Film Festival. with it's cast and storyline and subject matter I fully expected going into it that it would end up on my list of top 10 favorites from the festival but it didn't. This was a big film and but it didn't quite live up to being a big film. This film should have been filled with tension and romance but it delivered neither. There of course was a beautiful style to this movie and an excellent cast but not a whole lot for the dream team cast to do. There was a lot of implausibility to the story that I couldn't quite get past. Good music, great sound and great period costuming and a great stage set with a real feel for 1936 Shanghai. It's still a good movie and I would recommend it but I would rate it a 7 out of a possible 10.