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.
Jane Campion's biggest accomplishment here is not her incisive commentary on toxic masculinity or repressed homosexuality, but her ability to turn an instrument as jovial and innocent as the banjo into a weapon of massive emotional devastation.
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The Power of the Dog became the first film directed by a woman to receive more than ten Academy Award nominations, and Campion became the first woman to receive more than one Academy Award nomination for Best Director, her first being for The Piano.
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