Ivory and his screenwriter, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, have done a skillful and sensitive job of adaptation.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a longtime member of Merchant Ivory Productions, writing 22 films over four decades.
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Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, this Merchant-Ivory production strains so hard to portray dignified restraint that it almost seizes up with good manners.