NYFF Review: Benedict Cumberbatch is a Macho, Petulant Cowboy in The Power of the Dog

Jane Campion transports us to rural Montana in 1925 with The Power of the Dog. Read our review.

NYFF Review: Benedict Cumberbatch is a Macho, Petulant Cowboy in The Power of the Dog
Jesse Hassenger

Consequence

This review is part of our coverage of the 2021 New York Film Festival.The Pitch: Acclaimed writer-director Jane Campion adapts the semi-obscure 1967 novel The Power of the Dog into a feature of the same name. It’s a Western of sorts about Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch), a self-consciously macho cowboy…

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NYFF Review: Benedict Cumberbatch is a Macho, Petulant Cowboy in The Power of the Dog
Jesse Hassenger

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