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The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog

2021
Romance, Drama
2h 6m
Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love. (imdb)
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The Power of the Dog

2021
Romance, Drama
2h 6m
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Rated 15 Jan 2022
70
69th
Bronco Henry? Seriously? How could that name not give away the whole thing?! - Hey, bro, remember the guy who made us men? Showed us how to "ram a pole in the dirt" , could "tame the wildest stallions" and taught us how to "ride"? - Fuck yeah bro, you mean "Bronco Henry"... *wink *wink
Rated 04 Jan 2022
69
73rd
A talented cast and a talented director come together to make something that I think just misses out on being a sum of its parts. It's definitely worth watching, but I just feel like only Cumberbatch has anything of real, multi-dimensional work to do. It's a well done twist, and makes sense for the character, I just wish there was a little bit more to the rest of the cast.
Rated 11 Feb 2022
96
90th
I guess I’m sharing an unpopular opinion on here when I say I loved it. While I think the two biggest standouts in the cast were Cumberbatch and Dunst, I didn’t think anyone was wooden enough to truly take away from the beauty of it all. I loved its exploration of masculinity, savagery, and repression. The movie ended up going in unpredictable directions and the ending was screwed up and perfect. Not for everyone, but I really appreciated it.
Rated 09 Feb 2022
85
86th
One of the greatest joys is clicking on IMDb after a movie and discovering the hangups of the weirdo who takes the time to submit to the parental advisory section and oh boy ""One of the most male nudity movies ever made but the graphic nudity Is extremely brief albeit gratuitous and unnessecary."" Bunch o' gay cowboys eating pudding.
Rated 25 Nov 2021
60
54th
Ornate for its superficiality. Plemons has completed his transformation into Philip Seymour Hoffman. Dunst is not quite as terrible as usual. And only Cumberbatch gets to play a somewhat round character. The storytelling is reserved, but not a lot goes on anyway.
Rated 16 Dec 2021
74
48th
It flirts with greatness but never quite hits the landing. The first half of the movie is mediocre and oddly paced, though some of that is alleviated through revelations and actions in the second half. Cumberbatch is good, though perhaps not as captivating as advertised. Campion's direction is still tight, the cinematography is pretty, and Greenwood's score is excellent. Worth a see, but overhyped.
Rated 05 Jan 2022
82
82nd
Such a slow burn that you don't notice you're on fire until it's too late to put it out.
Rated 28 Nov 2021
6
35th
https://youtu.be/4n4rBrs5-LY
Rated 07 Nov 2021
45
12th
A sometimes unjustified discomfort looms over all here. The music, for example, is occasionally menacing and I know that it symbolizes the repression but it also comes across as a little silly. Cumberbatch and Dunst are great, Campion's directing was a mix between gentility and low-key terror, and some scenes gripped me... but this ultimately wasn't for me. It lost me too often, up until the end when it tied together. With that said, I did like the ending. Respect this more than I like.
Rated 05 Dec 2021
50
43rd
On repression and the range of consequences to which it can give rise. The individual elements are fine, but the whole is a little thin. The novel on which it is based dates from 1967, when perhaps the lessons about bigotry and man's inhumanity to man (and animals) might have seemed more enlightening, but by now we are quite familiar with the dogma according to which any shame we feel about our "identity" is bound to lead only to harm for ourselves and others.
Rated 05 Dec 2021
50
45th
I got tired of looking at mountains. Do we need another movie where the gay character dies or suffers loss of a partner? It's a strong performance by Cumberbatch but the rest of the film felt like a letdown. In particular the son's motivation didn't make sense for me since I never felt like Cumberbatch was that bad or that Dunst was in real danger from him. Fav scene: touching Bronco Henry's spurs display and reminiscing about him with the son, but not so far as to admit his true feelings.
Rated 20 Dec 2021
70
58th
Phil goin in on that banjo like it's nobody's business
Rated 20 Dec 2021
73
40th
The sort of slow-moving arthouse drama that's 100% about subtext. Every single character is emotionally repressed and nobody ever says what they're feeling. The entire point of the film is for the viewer to discover and interpret the hidden emotions and motivations of each character. If that's the kind of film you like, then you'll love this, but I've never found these kind of stories particularly engaging.
Rated 25 Dec 2021
74
64th
Must we keep asking Benedict Cumberbatch to do Southern accents? I don't understand the impulse. To be fair, he's getting incrementally better at it, but this is like the fifth or sixth movie where his American accent has been a roadblock for immersion. Even with that impediment, he's good in the role, and it's a great character. Johnny Greenwood's score is great, as usual, it really elevated certain scenes and provided a sense of tension where there likely wouldn't have been one otherwise.
Rated 04 Jan 2022
40
23rd
The ending does not match the pacing of the the entire film at all. It's almost abrupt - and not in a terribly satisfying way. It could have been 30 minutes shorter if it did less artful shots of wheat or a horse standing. Or at least for less time. It doesn't even really say anything interesting about it either.
Rated 08 Jan 2022
20
12th
The whole plot could have been told in 30 minutes. 2021 was truly the worst year in film history.
Rated 13 Jan 2022
70
31st
This movie just did not work for me. I recognize that if you like slow burning films that are almost completely built on inference and subtext, and you like interpreting said subtext then this film will be for you. But it's not for me. The film is well shot, with decent, albeit miscast acting (Cumberbatch is good but out of place and he and Pllemons don't look like brothers). Ultimately this film just doesn't do enough to justify a 2 hour run time (specifically the dry first hour).
Rated 06 Dec 2021
65
38th
Not all the cowboys in the USA were terrible people.
Rated 13 Sep 2021
60
59th
This movie has many very tense moments and you never know quite where it's going. Phil taunts his brother's new wife and son, but his agenda changes abruptly without explanation. It's hard to guess their motives or what's coming next. And on a confusing note, it just abruptly ends. Worth watching but perplexing to the end.
Rated 15 Oct 2021
75
84th
Whether good or bad (the jury is still out whether this is camp), it's one of the most miserable films I know. The repressed homosexuality carries the stink of death with it. Campion speaks through metaphor and suggestion, and by doing so tightens the knot of unease. These are hurt and lonely people acting out their desperation, and in the middle is an effeminate boy dissecting the sickness. He has sworn to protect his mother, and that he will.
Rated 13 Nov 2021
70
69th
Brokeback Mountain 2, but this one twists your back before breaking it.
Rated 01 Dec 2021
20
27th
I can't say that the movie conveyed well all of the emotions and reasoning behind the characters' decisions. This really irked me throughout. The ending felt, simply put, empty.
Rated 03 Dec 2021
80
86th
Acted and directed with great skill, and Campion's patiently told story takes an unexpected turn that makes a lot of sense.
Rated 12 Dec 2021
44
6th
People are calling this a slow-burn, but I disagree with that label. That term implies that it leads anywhere even remotely interesting. Either way, if you've watched paint dry and thought that it was too interesting and emotionally involving, then this is the movie for you! And this is from somebody who loved A Ghost Story. Remember, even if you act like a total piece of shit with no redeeming values, it's okay as long as you get sad afterwards.
Rated 20 Dec 2021
55
31st
Big fan of Campion’s early movies so had high hopes for this one given the reception, but undortunately i don’t really understand what people love about this. Well-shot and okay watch for sure, but Cumberbatch is miscast/bad and it’s just p boring for too long stretches of the running time
Rated 27 Dec 2021
71
75th
“Bronco Henry. greatest rider I ever knew” :)
Rated 06 Jan 2022
79
82nd
A rather quiet movie, if IT WEREN'T FOR CUMBERBATCH'S INCREDIBLY LOUD STEPS EVERY TIME HE SLIGHTLY MOVED!!! Same could be said of his acting. Where Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee deliver very nuanced performances, Cumberbatch's Phil is more imposing and captivating than most other performances of this year.
Rated 08 Jan 2022
75
66th
Its subtlety is deeply rewarding, but only in the final few seconds and upon reflection. While it plays, it’s very slow and a little awkward, though always well shot. Speaking of, I couldn’t help going, “Hey, there’s Rohan! There’s Mordor!” - but it establishes its own sense of expansive, lonely place, too; a loneliness enhanced by the guarded intimacy of its characters. Ultimately provocative, but too dry during its runtime to be truly affecting.
Rated 14 Jan 2022
7
63rd
Excellent turns (Cumberbatch's nuanced lead especially), with lots of interesting relational and thematic dynamics at play (brother-brother, mother-son, old hat vs. new hat, harsh vs. tender, banjo vs. piano) and storytelling that's appreciably subtle and moody, aided as it is by patient camerawork and an unnerving soundtrack. Despite the slow-burn approach, some of the character shifts feel sudden (see Rose's descent; Phil's change), but it's tied up in a satisfying (leather) bow in the end.
Rated 30 Jan 2022
60
33rd
It took about 100 minutes before I was really interested and then everything seems to just happen at once. As the credits rolled I just started to appreciate it, but I felt thoroughly lost and largely bored until then.
Rated 14 Feb 2022
71
53rd
Such a classic Oscar bait recipe executed flawlessly - characters are struggling with accepting who they really are but have to be accepted by their peers and the society; said characters deflecting their true nature into pointless actions with plenty of subtext and deep meaning for the viewer to uncover, artful shots which make you feel deep, puzzling end which is not really that subtle or smart. I guess it will get at least 4-5 Oscars.
Rated 26 Feb 2022
59
33rd
Overall direction, score, acting - all great. But I struggle praising a film when I’m at a loss with what it’s really trying to say. It flirts with machismo dogma (…) but if I’m even close to the answer of the Rorschach’s Test presented here as I think I am, it sets LGBTQ+ representation back an additional 20 years from where the Sex and the City reboot landed. It’s all the worse because it’s wrapped in this prestige film bow that conditions otherwise smart viewers into thinking dogshit is good.
Rated 13 Mar 2022
76
50th
A more interesting film than a successful one; much like THE PIANO, the characters behave in ways more convenient to the plotting and messaging, than convincing characterisation; paradoxically Dunst and Cumberbatch give the best performances, but their characters behave in ways that defy logic or reason, especially robbed as we are of any expository information about their pasts. Stunningly filmed, with New Zealand making a fair (if unconvincing) stand-in for the “American” west.
Rated 08 Dec 2021
70
72nd
It's surely Campion's mysteriously poetic show, but everyone is also doing bits here -- specially Cumberbatch (he can not just act but also deliver the best non-McConaughey McConaughey performance of all time) and Greenwood (GOAT). It's 1925, these men are pretty much dead and masculinity on a verge of a breakdown. Well-acted as hell, but Campion's clean, yet somber compositions make the case for the finest gothic western of recent times.
Rated 09 Mar 2022
50
21st
Boring, Brokeback Mountain with A-Levels with insufficient character development for me to care about any of it, and then it just sort of ends out of nowhere. Excellent cinematography though.
Rated 06 Mar 2022
60
29th
A very awards season film. It's not bad by any means but...The plot unrolls itself, rather than progressing, which is fine if you like a slower narrative. There's good acting, without the more showy ACCCTTTIIINNNGGG you get in similar films. Ultimately the ingredients are better than the cake, so it can't help but be disappointing.
Rated 07 Dec 2021
80
72nd
One level of the story is told through action and violence and the other is told through the muted pain and true consequence. The landscapes are rendered with absolute care and the lighting blew my mind. A high level achievement.
Rated 28 Sep 2021
90
81st
What a fantastic comeback from Jane Campion. We can safely say once again that she is a great director. I can say that Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst made a statement. All three deserve to be in the Oscars and Golden Globes and I'm sure the jury will give them their nomination. Pure cinema and art. Beautiful cinematography. I love Campion, i love Western. One of the best of the year
Rated 08 Dec 2021
83
38th
Dear Jane Campion: I'm really sorry to inform you but being "competent and dangerous" is not a protective facade to hide ones tormenting inner gay struggles. It's actually - if the dangerous part is properly integrated - the definition of the capital letter real MAN. Gay or not is completely irrelevant. Without the obligatory/expected ideology, your film could have been a masterpiece. As it is, it's a well executed balancing act between art and propaganda.
Rated 11 Dec 2021
65
55th
Campion’s direction is great, and the cast all turn in really good performances, with Cumberbatch having a lot of potential for an Oscar. The first half drags a bit, being light on story and having an unlikable lead. The second half is more interesting, with a fairly tense build up to a somewhat unexpected ending (I knew what would happen to one character, but the tone and details of it surprised me). I think it could’ve used a slight trim, but it’s worth seeing.
Rated 11 Dec 2021
15
3rd
2 hours of absolute boredom. To say it moves at a snail pace and has anything interesting would be generous
Rated 24 Dec 2021
60
34th
The direction is capable of creating a tense atmosphere and uncomfortable moments/situations. The story portrays a perspective about masculinity and behaviour:it is suggested that the character hides his sexuality and behaves like he does as a way to protect himself from his insecurities. It's basically a story to point out that behaviour can be influenced by the surroundings, and that feelings and dispositions can be hidden. The down point: it's presented as a manifesto and a generalization.
Rated 31 Dec 2021
83
84th
Wait for it...
Rated 03 Jan 2022
95
96th
If anything, I hope this shows people that Dunst is actually a great actress (I mean, many other things before this should have shown this). I haven't seen Cumberbatch in much, so I have always been neutral on him, but this performance floored me. This is beautifully shot, as well.
Rated 06 Jan 2022
79
56th
Excellent score from Greenwood that hopefully finally gets him what he deserves. What a total waste of Thomasin McKenzie. I appreciate the direction it went in the final act - a lot more subtle than both its initial opening thirty minutes, as well as some of the other work I've seen from Campion (this is my favorite of hers thus far). Solid performances, but I don't know if Cumberbatch will ever seem natural to me with a non-British accent.
Rated 07 Jan 2022
80
48th
The problem with films about repression is that the obvious and appropriate directorial choice is to stay at a non-judgemental distance, watching the characters stew from afar, which, in this case, does make for a rather dry hour before the central dynamic gets going. When it does, 'Power of the Dog' is effective and affecting, if slightly manipulative in how strongly it underlines the pitiable nature of its characters.
Rated 09 Jan 2022
65
21st
Boring and overhyped. Great performances, characters and cinematography, but to what end? The story is about as incoherent as they come, which is compounded by the fact that nobody ever offers us any explanation as to what’s going on. Benedict Cumberbatch is a gay Australian cowboy. So what? But it’s all very dramatic. I’m glad other people found things to enjoy in this film, but I don’t think I’ll ever understand.
Rated 11 Jan 2022
80
69th
I'm not sure I even like this movie, but it is such a well-crafted piece of cinema that it's hard not to rank it highly. Something of a mix of There Will Be Blood and Killing of a Sacred Deer, it lumbers along through gorgeous scenery, channeling Kubrick's cinematography, while conducting an intriguing subversion of all the key Western tropes like some cold antithesis to Blood Meridian. A tense taut experience that nevertheless ends a little too abruptly and without any real sense of closure.
Rated 11 Jan 2022
90
78th
There Will Be Brokeback Mountain
Rated 29 Jan 2022
60
12th
Nothing happens. The stakes are impossibly low and for people who haven't suffered from repressing their personality there's just nothing here. I can not fathom how someone could enjoy this movie. That said it's technically fine.
Rated 29 Jan 2022
59
4th
I don't have enough time for this shit.
Rated 06 Feb 2022
28
15th
The screenplay is nearly incoherent, and what's there ain't subtle. Like the execrable "The Piano", there's another angry, irrational main character--and another piano that the female protagonist is barely able to play. Also like "The Piano", it looks great--New Zealand is gorgeous, though it doesn't look a bit like Montana. Maybe Campion just shouldn't be allowed to write the material she directs...her supposed appeal as a screenwriter is a complete mystery to me.
Rated 11 Feb 2022
60
65th
filmin kalbinin attığı yer çok güzel, atmosfer hoş, oyunculuklarda gay çocuk başarılı. ama filmin önemli üç sıkıntısı var. birincisi orjinallikten inanılmaz uzak. brokeback mountain çekildiğini bilmiyor galiba yönetmen. ikincisi hayvanlara yapılan gereksiz işkence. üçüncüsü ise en büyük sorun bana göre. kurgu. bu dalda bu filmi oscar adayı yapan herkes en adi orospu çocuğudur. filmde olaylar o kadar çabuk yaşanıyor ki. kurgu rezalet. karakterlerin boş boş duvara bakması 10 dk, ölüm 1 sn.
Rated 11 Feb 2022
30
14th
Terrible, irritatin music score; bleak presentation of the story. Ending twist was 'meh' for me, I was just happy that the movie is over.
Rated 16 Feb 2022
94
92nd
Well-acted and shot beautifully by Campion. Can I get a hoy ya for Bronco Henry?! I give 9 paper flowers of 10.
Rated 06 Mar 2022
43
14th
Stunning like a comatose supermodel.
Rated 09 Dec 2021
88
93rd
Don't draw any conclusions until you've watched all the way to the end.
Rated 28 Mar 2022
70
71st
I was unimpressed by the first half which doesn’t quite land the setup to the amazing final part. Cumberbatch is great, but he is better in a lot of his other stuff.
Rated 12 Nov 2022
70
54th
A lot of famous actors in this one. Very good acting. Movie about gay people but also about a very sneaky boy that helps his mom.
Rated 27 Jan 2022
80
81st
belo filme, belo ritmo
Rated 25 Nov 2021
8
92nd
An uneasy watch as a sense of doom and inevitably hangs over everything from the start- the story slowly plays out but not in the way I was expecting. Beautiful cinematography and atmosphere.
Rated 10 Nov 2022
4
42nd
Why the f was Thomasin McKenzie in this? I can only guess that her role originally played a much larger part in the story.
Rated 27 Dec 2022
61
55th
I give it credit for the psychological tension created through score and the madness of its few characters in every scene. Plemons could have been used more the second half. He disappeared from the film.
Rated 23 Jul 2022
80
71st
Son yarım saati, filmin bütünüyle "iyi bir film" olarak algılanmasına katkı sağlıyor ve filme değer katıyor.
Rated 05 Dec 2021
81
62nd
The surprise of the year. A very brilliant story with great performances from Cumberbatch, Dunst and Plemons. It has some tense scenes, and the ending was made really well. The scenery is stunning though and Greenwood really nailed the score once again! This will go far in the award season.
Rated 05 Dec 2021
20
13th
In parts interesting, well shot, but overall I found this to be boring
Rated 05 Dec 2021
80
69th
Beautifully shot and well directed. Quite a surprise in many ways.
Rated 23 Sep 2021
72
85th
(DR. STRANGE & MRS. MILLER)
Rated 28 Nov 2021
77
74th
The way Campion plants seeds throughout the whole movie in ways that prelude character choices and events later on is deftly handled - a lot of this passed me right by the first time around. So much of who these people are is inferred rather than outright spoken, so I had a far better sense of the characters during this viewing after knowing the basics of the plot from my first watch. I do still have some little hang-ups, but a second watch really opened this up for me.
Rated 08 Dec 2021
65
37th
Well shot and well acted. But there’s scarcely enough stuff going on to make a full length film, let alone justify its two hour length, as a lot of the struggles and “action” is internal. Can imagine it makes a better book.
Rated 01 Dec 2021
80
81st
impeccable camerawork, wonderful score, layered and interesting text... casting is also top-notch - don't really care for cumberbatch but he's a perfect choice here that amplifies the part's depth.
Rated 03 Dec 2021
85
87th
Jame Campion needs a big ass statue at this point. Give her all the praise.
Rated 09 Dec 2021
65
62nd
Jane Campion'dan Western. 2 erkek kardeş, dağlar dağlar çiftliğinde, hayvancılık ile uğraşmaktadır. Kardeşlerden biri, bir otelin sahibesine aşık olup evlenince, diğer kardeşte kıvılcımlar başlar. Dingin gerilim. Ama uyku getirecek şekilde çok ağır. Benedict Cumberbatch'in Oscar adaylığı riskli. Sinematografi şahane. Filmin sonunda, şarbon. Kızgın çamurlardan serin sulara atlar gibi.
Rated 10 Dec 2021
94
93rd
Quanto mais ouvia gente inteligente elogiando mais ansiosa para vê-lo ficava. E é mesmo brilhante, só não dou cinco estrelas porque ainda tenho que maturá-lo em minha mente, a forma que a tensão claustrofóbica é construída já nos anunciando o que estava por vir nos embala num dos melhores momentos do cinema dos últimos anos, sobre a alarmante e constante presença da masculinidade tóxica na vida das minorias subarternizadas, mas isso era esperado já que com Campion nunca há erro.
Rated 12 Dec 2021
60
10th
Viewed December 8, 2021. As is often the case with me and Jane Campion, this strikes me as arid and obvious, well-made if not particularly compelling. Its conceptual approach to genre is lacking in insight, propping up a familiar narrative with a lot of overwrought and slightly ridiculous symbolism (see Benedict Cumberbatch fingering the paper flower, or that it’s a movie about masculine power and vulnerability that relies so much on the treatment of animals as a character development motif).
Rated 12 Dec 2021
80
76th
Benedict Cumberass
Rated 13 Dec 2021
71
15th
meandering and uninteresting
Rated 15 Dec 2021
86
80th
Excellent and powerful depiction of the damage wrought by self-hatred and suppression with career-best work from Cumberbatch and gorgeous filmmaking by Campion.
Rated 16 Dec 2021
75
80th
Karakterlerin dönüşümü biraz hızlı gerçekleşse de kasvetli atmosferi ve tırmanan gerilimiyle başarlı bir 'Post Western' filmi.
Rated 17 Dec 2021
60
16th
daha ilk andan itibaren ağır dozda pompalanan gerilim ve müziğin, "eğer siz bu hikâyeden gerilmediyseniz ben sizi germesini bilirim" der gibi kulağımıza saldırması; itici olacak kadar göze batan oyunculuklar; samimiyet duygusunu aktaramayan yapay dramatik sahneler; "feminen" tavırlardan aşırı rahatsız olan "erkek" ile ilgili kolay tahmin edilebilir klişelere başvurulması gibi türlü sebeplerden ötürü sürekli "bu film pek olmamış" hissini yaşatan bir netflix yapımı.
Rated 19 Dec 2021
82
88th
Probably not the gay-cowboys-eating-pudding film we want, but maybe the one we need. There's an impatience built into the slow pace and the in-story anachronisms of a wild west deep into the 20th century, a wish to finally move on that the characters can't fulfil.
Rated 20 Dec 2021
72
80th
Beautiful to look at, superbly acted and an ambiguous plot. Not for everyone though.
Rated 28 Dec 2021
78
72nd
Strong performances in a beautiful setting, a movie in which all you can do is to soak up the inherent tension of and between the characters, towards an ending that - after some consideration - is probably the alternative that I like most.
Rated 02 Jan 2022
81
87th
Strongest Performance by Cumberbatch in my book
Rated 03 Apr 2022
40
3rd
totally boring...
Rated 06 Jan 2022
71
79th
This was a good bordering on great film, but hilariously the main legacy this has is being the first Netflix Best Picture favorite for months only to be overtaken by Apple's CODA in the last week before the awards.
Rated 07 Jan 2022
74
42nd
This movie has a couple of ideas and they are fine ones, but because the pace demands us to, we blow them out of proportion and subsequently, the artistic achievements of the film become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I don't think many people will think about this movie as much as they claim to do. But that could also just be me. It's probably just me.
Rated 09 Jan 2022
58
56th
cool movie to sit at home and watch while your anti-vaxx tormentors all get sick and die
Rated 09 Jan 2022
65
25th
THe last few minutes elevates the movie at least 10 criticker points, but the 95% before that was turgid at best - so many minutes with characters thinking and actors trying to convey inner turmoil. Full credit to cinematographer who tried their best to make Montana look cinematic, but it was never up to it. Indoor shots, and especially the occasional use of shafts of sunlight showed what could have been done there, if only the barking dog was visible
Rated 13 Jan 2022
78
60th
Aşırı yavaş ve kasvetli havasıyla izlemesi zor bir film ama nefis sinematografisi ve ilginç hikaye akışıyla senenin iyi filmlerinden. Masterpiece beklediğim için için biraz hayal kırıklığı oldu.
Rated 22 Jan 2022
95
92nd
This is the slowest of slow burns I’ve seen in some time, but Campion is such a master of pacing and character that the constant simmer of palpable tension is enough to sustain until the inevitable boil-over. The cast, score, and cinematography are also all top notch. One of the best of the year.
Rated 20 Jan 2022
3
40th
Inledningen är oändligt långsam och jag får kämpa med att hålla uppe uppmärksamheten/ vakenheten. Filmen antyder i huvudsak vad som förklarar aktörernas beteende, det är väldigt lite förklarande dialog vilket får mig att tänka på den stumma huvudpersonen i Pianot. Men det är också svårt att engagera sig i karaktärerna: Vare sig Cumbertbatch skitstövel eller Dunst/Plemons hunsade äkta par eller sonen väcker intresse eller riktig sympati. Kort uttryckt: Även om jag inte tycker att filmen är dålig
Rated 20 Jan 2022
11
45th
W3E1P1S0V2M1A1R2. Vibes of There Will Be Blood and Atonement, and amazing sweeping landscape shots, but it felt pretty hollow and manufactured. I actually thought Cumberbatch was pretty wrong for the part.
Rated 21 Jan 2022
65
53rd
Not da best, but fine. Every thing was a bit higher than average. Directing, acting, music, photography. But about screenplay I think it should be more clear special for showing the a important points in story.
Rated 28 Jan 2022
80
80th
There's a lot going on in this film. It's a character study of a sexually repressed alpha male and how the people in his immediate orbit cope with him. It features an interesting narrative technique that's driven by metaphor rather than incident, and a final act that throws a deliciously ambiguous spanner in the works, adding a mystery to the mix and making you wonder anew about the characters' motivations and the family dynamics that developed over the course of the film. Now that's good value.
Rated 04 Feb 2022
84
36th
It is a gay coming of age drama but refreshingly, it isn't preachy in the slightest. It relies heavily on subtext so you will have to pay close attention. Cumberpatch delivers probably his best performance so far.
Rated 15 Feb 2022
50
45th
You could have just filmed mountains and tumbleweeds and had Cumberbatch yelling and it would have been the same movie. Oh wait...that's exactly what happened. This will probably win Best Picture, which goes to show how far the Oscars have fallen in recent years. Kodie Smit-McPhee, Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst all getting Oscar nominations is a joke. Next you're gonna tell me that the Twilight chick got nominated, right? (My facetiousness is showing!) Bronco Henry was totally a pedo/groomer
Rated 16 Feb 2022
80
63rd
The first act makes this seem like it'll be another finger-wagging film that exists purely to be agreed with. But the film takes the other path, establishing a troubled obscurity to this asshole character. The dynamic between him and the anxious Rose is quite hilarious to watch at times, though it just goes to further elaborate his somewhat redemptive path. The film is technically handled in a very elegant way, even during the random and unfulfilling climax.
Rated 20 Feb 2022
70
40th
Takes a bit to get going, but I found myself on the edge of my seat for much of the movie, anxious to see what happens next. Beautifully shot and acted.
Rated 23 Feb 2022
75
59th
My first new watch at 27. Jane Champion

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