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- Marilyn Ferdinand @ Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Excerpt: The beauty and harshness of the life Campion depicts are understated compared with the baroque drama and violence found in many Westerns. But she never lets us forget that violence underlies the false machismo of the mythic West.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: An impressive ensemble piece with a multi-layered narrative about individuals with ambiguous motives. It stays with you.
- [New] | Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: A strength Campion brought to bring this story to life is not rushing in getting through these characters in what makes them tick and where they are during this time. Most notably, bringing some underlining homoerotic tendencies that were probably caught early on between Phil and Peter, showing this complex notion that comes from both.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a masterpiece of psychologically intricate subtext unfolding within the majesty of the American West.
- Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Sarah Marrs @ LaineyGossip.com
- Excerpt: This is not a sexy film of repressed longing, it’s more like fancy emotional torture porn for the literary crowd.
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: Campion draws it with expert precision, every detail we need to know to understand what’s happening lingering in our subconscious as organic rather than convenient.
- C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Campion weaves the erotic, the Gothic, and closeted homosexuality together into a beautiful yet tragic mosaic about internal gay struggles and how they can turn a man bitter to the world, but also how those bitter men, sometimes, find little slivers of sweetness along the way.
- Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Jane Campion abraça o universo do western, numa história em que procura penetrar na dimensão psicológica masculina. Embora se perceba que está mais à vontade no universo feminino.
- Josh Taylor @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: In The Power of the Dog, New Zealand director Jane Campion has crafted a searing examination of masculinity and the societal expectations that come along with that word, all set against a stunning Western landscape.
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