Whitewash

Name: Whitewash
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: May 2, 2014
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 63

2014

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Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: May 2, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: In the harsh, wintry woods of rural Quebec, Bruce (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck snowplow operator, accidentally kills a man during a drunken night joyride. Stricken with panic, he hides the body and takes to the deep wilderness in hopes of outrunning both the authorities and his own conscience. But as both begin to close in,In the harsh, wintry woods of rural Quebec, Bruce (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck snowplow operator, accidentally kills a man during a drunken night joyride. Stricken with panic, he hides the body and takes to the deep wilderness in hopes of outrunning both the authorities and his own conscience. But as both begin to close in, Bruce falls apart mentally and morally and mysteries unravel to reveal who he was before the accident, the truth behind his victim, and the circumstances that brought them together in a single moment. [Oscilloscope Laboratories]… Expand

Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Geoff Pevere

Apr 29, 2014

Whitewash is a small but sparkling gem on ice. Read full review

Drew Hunt

Apr 29, 2014

The film benefits greatly from this bait-and-switch narrative design, as Hoss-Desmarais dials down or otherwise forgoes exposition, backstory, and character development in favor of an ambiguous, almost ethereal dramaturgical approach. Read full review

John DeFore

Apr 29, 2014

Thomas Haden Church hits the exact balance of desperation and resignation demanded by the peculiar story. Read full review

Jenni Miller

May 1, 2014

A more dynamic character or script would have gone a long way to help audiences find their way through this storm. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Apr 29, 2014

Church’s indelible character study can only carry this wan, skeletal picture so far. Read full review

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TheDRauch

Nov 26, 2014

Whitewash plays out like a film conceived after a drunken screening of two completely disparate movies - Cast Away and Fargo. The musical score, seedy tone, and tundra-based setting take heavy cues from the classic Coen work. The elements of isolation and one-man-showmanship derived fromWhitewash plays out like a film conceived after a drunken screening of two completely disparate movies - Cast Away and Fargo. The musical score, seedy tone, and tundra-based setting take heavy cues from the classic Coen work. The elements of isolation and one-man-showmanship derived from Zemeckis' stranded island movie compose the rest of the movie. If these ingredients may seem to mesh well on paper, the reason for Whitewash's bitter taste lies in the execution of the conflicted material. Whitewash suffers from a plethora of ailments. The dialogue is piss-poor. The plot is needlessly complex, as well as implausible. On a psychological level, Whitewash shows more promise, but it is still immensely oversimplified. Any moment that generates anything close to genuine engagement are birthed purely from Thomas Haden Church immense laboring past strange, tinny dialogue and the scenery at hand, sometimes one losing out to the other, sad to say. The focus on the relationship between Bruce and Paul that is revealed through flashbacks is horrid and rings false and awkward throughout. The ending is so thematically oblique, almost nihilistically so, that I fail to see any thematic resonance once the conclusion comes about, if it may be considered a finale of any sort. A mixed-bag, to say the least. Church tries, but . . .… Expand

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