I was very disappointed with this miserable depiction of Washington and the War of Independence that fails both as a mini-series and a documentary. At times it gave the impression no one knew what they were making! Considering the vast amount of material available to the creators responsible many events were trivialized, truncated or just plain ignored. No effort was made to make the actor who plays Washington physically like the historical portraits but surprisingly Benedict Arnold was close to the mark. The action scenes appeared clumsy and largely inaccurate (much of the fighting at Trenton occurred in the streets of the town but the episode depicted some kind of artillery duel!). The early years were interesting and a reasonable guide to the makeup of Washington's drive and ambition, but the rest was just too Hollywood cartoonish to hold my interest.
Review of Washington
