Film Review – Whitewash

“Whitewash” is the strangest survival story you’ll see all year. A Canadian production, the film employs a criminal element of murder to lure viewers into an impossibly tight place with the lead character, watching desperation take hold in a forbidding, frozen landscape. And then, slowly but surely, the picture reveals bits and pieces about the crime and the men involved, moving away from mysterious intentions to play out as a game of endurance with a side of hypothermic madness. It’s a specialized viewing experience for more adventurous audiences, but “Whitewash” is accomplished, darkly humorous, and features a focused turn from actor Thomas Haden Church, showing rare commitment here. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com