The Power of the Dog

"A slow-burn and a film of many, many layers."

"Campion is in full control of her material, digging deep into the turbulent inner life of each of her characters with unerring subtlety."

"A socially conscious psychodrama that builds, over time, to a full boil."

"(A) beautiful, brawny western..."

"A beautifully crafted movie with some individual scenes that are some of the tensest I've experienced in some time."

"The fascination of The Power of the Dog lies in its ambiguity and its depth of characterisation."

"Campion doesn’t drive any message or meaning home so much as she deftly, unnervingly captures a mood..."

"(Campion's) most thoroughly conceived, consistently involving drama for years..."

"Ripples underneath with a prickly modern sensibility."

"Twenty minutes could certainly have been knocked off the runtime, but it’s still a striking world to be swept up in."

"I thought it was impeccably crafted... gorgeously photographed and entirely -- although intentionally -- lacking in the verve and spontaneity that I cherish in movies above all else."

"Campion builds the tension slowly and emphatically, telegraphing the perils ahead. Yet when the two-edged climax comes it’s powerfully unexpected."

"A tricky, arresting neo-noir Western."

"This is a movie as big as the open sky, but one where human emotions are still distinctly visible, as fine and sharp as a blade of grass."

"The young Smit-McPhee acts Cumberbatch off the screen."