Dunst's performance is a career peak. (Images via Universal) Is The Power of the Dog the anti-Brokeback Mountain? Billy Budd in western duds?
A medium-sized Giant? Jane Campion's handsome film has a creepy sweep that makes it feel epic, yet is a strangely familiar yarn, albeit one saved utterly by its performances and the director's uncompromising eye.
The toxic, all-American tale follows rancher bros and brothers Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons) as they engage in a cold war over George's sudden love for and marriage to widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst).
Why does Phil despise her on sight? It doesn't help that she comes with a teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a gangly, medical school-bound invert who attracts Phil's