‘The Power of the Dog’: A Well-Produced, Yet Bleak, Modern Western

A modern Western that leaves much to be desired in terms of uplifting values.

Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch), in “The Power of the Dog” Netflix

R | 2h 6m | Drama, Western | 2021

“Have you figured it out yet, fatso?” Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) asks his brother George (Jesse Plemons), who is soaking in a tub in the bathroom of their gigantic old ranch house. “How many years since we took over the ranch?” Phil queries again as he begins to pluck away on the strings of a banjo.