![]() Soon, he’s brutally haranguing Rose, who starts to self-medicate with booze, and ominously befriending Pete. When George meets and marries Rose (Kirsten Dunst), widowed mother to sensitive teen Pete (Kodi Smit-McPhee), it sends Phil into an apoplectic rage. ![]() The more bookish of the two, George manages the business while the rough-hewn Phil can more typically be found castrating cattle. ![]() Based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, its story dials back to 1920s Montana and into the world of the ranch-owning Burbank brothers, Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons). Jane Campion’s first feature since 2009’s Bright Star is a subtle spin on sibling rivalry, repressed emotions and rural living.
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