Power Of The Dog, The (2021)

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Synopsis

Dir: Jane Campion. Drama. Based on the novel by Thomas Savage. A rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes enraged when his brother (Jesse Plemons) brings home his new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee).

Content elements

• Infrequent use of cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of violence towards animals, animal butchery, castration, and vivisection most in a ranching context - little blood, some detail; infrequent portrayals of animal carcasses - some blood and detail
• Brief portrayal of sexual activity - no nudity or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of injury and wounds - some blood and detail
• Infrequent references to suicide and death - some detail
• Infrequent male frontal and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context; frequent portrayals of alcohol use in an addiction context

Thematic elements

• Complexities of relationships
• Power and control
• Repression

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for nudity, sexual content, and substance use

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