Genre: Film https://vermontrambles.com/2022/01/02/stus-reviews-611-film-the-courier/
Grade: B+
Notable People: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kristen Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Directed by: Jane Campion
Title: The Power of the Dog
Review: Cumberbatch, Cumberbatch, Cumberbatch, Sherlock……..he is everywhere…..go streaming and you can see him on ay least a half dozen features with his versatile self…..though this is his first where he plays an American early 20th century Montana rancher….took me a while to grasp his accent, but it works. Campion adapted this film from a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, and the critics have just loved it, winning all kinds of awards…. not quite so beloved by viewers….and IT IS QUIRKY…… In remote 1925 Montana, a domineering rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son……..quite, complex film that startles you at the end…just did not see it coming….dark, brooding and very slow moving, but pulls you in nonetheless…never quite sure where it is going or what the point is, but he performances are exceptional…and…well…its’ Cumberbatch!