Review of Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

This whole thing was off-kilter and I couldn't figure out why it didn't gel until I realized that it was filmed in Canada and had a mostly Canadian cast playing (rather poorly) Texans. Of course, I know a lot of stuff is filmed in Canada and set in the US which often, but not always, works. There are many great Canadian actors, of course. But this production DIDN'T work, for me, anyway. Courtney Vance, of course, was fine. I found Canadian character actor Heath Lamberts, in particular, as Judge Pickett to be condescending, particularly unconvincing and kinda creepy, sounding more like Hannibal Lecter than a Texas judge.