Review: Benedict Cumberbatch plays against type in �The Power of the Dog�

Arabnewsksa09 Dec, 2021News

LONDON: There?s something a bit discombobulating about watching Benedict Cumberbatch swaggering through the Montana mountains in ?The Power of the Dog? ? the latest movie from New Zealand director Jane Campion. Some of the British actor?s most notable performances, remember, have him as a man of extraordinary precision and poise; characteristics that are a long way from his portrayal of rancher Phil Burbank. That said, such a sense of slight discomfort only serves Campion?s movie, helping to build a sense of something not quite right at the heart of her adaptation of Thomas Savage?s 1967 Western novel, set in 1925.