Oscars 2022: THE POWER OF THE DOG review
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4.8 • 603 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
PRE-OSCARS REVIEW: As part of our 2022 Oscars prep we review THE POWER OF THE DOG.
Synopsis: A domineering rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a brunch pre-oscers mini podcast to contain spoilers, but honestly, if you haven't seen the movie and you're afraid of spoilers, we could give you a blow by blow of this movie and you'd probably just fall asleep. Let us begin. The power of the dog. The power of the dog. I'm glad you started it out that way because we actually didn't decide which movie we were going to discuss. |
| 0:21.3 | That's how I was going to tip my hand. |
| 0:22.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.2 | I was like, |
| 0:23.9 | uh-oh. |
| 0:18.0 | I don't, we like to say the movie name together and I don't know what's coming. And then I was like, okay, now I know. This is my favorite thing about the power of the dog. I have like a, it's probably like a tick or something, |
| 0:21.8 | but I like to just like swap in letters for words, |
| 0:22.8 | you know? |
| 0:23.3 | Yeah. Just be like, |
| 0:23.7 | hey, |
| 0:23.8 | what time we record in the P or whatever? And like you'll know. Power of the D. No matter what you do with this movie, it's kind of cute. The P of the dog. The P of the dog or the power of the D. That's true. Power of the D is definitely funnier, right? Yes, yeah. All right, so those are the positives. |
| 0:38.2 | Um, the dog or the power of the D. That's true. Power of the D is definitely funnier, right? |
| 0:55.4 | Yes, yeah. |
| 0:56.0 | All right, so those are the positives. |
| 0:58.3 | All right. |
| 0:58.8 | And that's where it ends. |
| 0:59.6 | No, just kidding. |
| 1:00.1 | There are some good things about this movie. |
| 1:01.3 | This is no longer, no longer the overwhelming favorite to win best picture. |
| 1:07.0 | Thank God. |
| 1:07.0 | However, the favorite to win best picture, the overwhelming favorite to win best director, 12 Oscar nominations, Best Picture, Best Actor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Director, Jane Campion, Best Supporting Actor, Jesse Plymonds, Best Supporting Actor, Cody Smith McPhee, Best Supporting Actress Kirsten Dunst. Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| 1:31.2 | Jane Campion, best cinematography, best original score, Johnny Greenwood, |
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