Despite winning a Peabody Award and appearing on many critics top 10 lists, theSundanceTVdramaRectifynever gained a wide audience.
But the series, which is available to stream onAMC+, features the strongest performance ofJ.
Smith-Cameron plays Janet Talbot, the mother of the main character, Daniel Holden (Aden Young).
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Daniel has been in prison since he was 18 for the rape and murder of his high school girlfriend.
At the beginning of the series, new evidence comes to light that allows Daniel to be released.
J. Smith-Cameron Gives a Standout Performance on Rectify
The entire cast is excellent, butJ.
Smith-Cameron is the standout.
As great asSmith-Cameron is onSuccession,her role onRectifytruly shows off her depth as an actress.
Janet Talbot is a wildly different character thanSuccession’s Gerri Kellman.
Janet feels incredibly real sometimes uncomfortably so.
By the end of the series, almost every character has separately confronted Janet about her sometimes suffocating concern.
Rectifyleans towards subtlety, only employing big monologues when it’s truly been earned.
J. Smith-Cameron does a great job of imbuing small moments with all of Janet’s pain.
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The show avoids melodrama as it shows that their mostly solid relationship can also go through a rough patch.
One ofSmith-Cameron’s best scenesisJanet’s argument with Ted in the episode “Pineapples in Paris.
The writing captures real-life arguments brilliantly.
If you loved Smith-Cameron onSuccession,you should probably see her in this very different family drama.
