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Sharp Corner

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Sharp Corner follows Josh (Ben Foster), a troubled man increasingly consumed by the fatal car crashes in front of his house. As Josh's obsession takes hold, he begins to spiral, placing his wife (Cobie Smulders) and son (William Kosovic) in jeopardy and setting in motion a series of events that threaten to permanently break the family apart.
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Putting Ben Foster's talent for playing men on the edge to good dramatic use, Sharp Corner is an unsettling psychological thriller that might make audiences crack from nerves even before its anxious antihero.

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Manuel Betancourt Variety May 31
This is an increasingly nerve-wracking fable about the lengths men whose lives are placid if just merely pleasant will go to make themselves feel needed and validated. Go to Full Review
Barry Hertz Globe and Mail May 30
Canadian director Jason Buxton crafts a sometimes tense and sometimes unsteady character study that isn’t so much laced with dread as it is slathered with it. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com May 9
4/4
Foster, one of the most remarkable actors in modern film, is brilliant in what might be his most unexpected performance in years. Go to Full Review
Amanda the Jedi Amanda the Jedi Nov 7
Ben Foster often feels like he's channeling a Tim Robinson energy that pushes his obsession over these accidents to a place way funnier than I anticipated. He can't stop, even when everyone is begging him to. A nice Hidden Gem of 2025. Go to Full Review
John Stark Mac the Movie Guy Sep 5
46/100
While the work Ben Foster does is still commendable, ultimately this film about obsession gets muddled when it can’t bother to contextualize a key visual element through audio description. Go to Full Review
John Serba Decider Aug 18
I interpret the lack of a dishwasher as the most ominous omen in this story. Details matter! Go to Full Review
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Scott H 1d Besides yet another stellar performance from Ben Foster this film is way too meh. Not enough narrative to fill its length. See more Daniel B @observor Oct 14 Very boring, tedious, nothing was fleshed out, and the main character was really annoying. See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y Oct 12 i actually really liked this whole concept, but it was REALLY slow - it felt like it took forever to get to the end. but i did really like how it ended, actually. really hit home on what they were building up Josh to be the entire film. See more Niko H Sep 29 Movie was a big nothing I like the actor I felt like he did a great job for what he was giving but story was low effort & had really no climactic ending. Worth a watch if you want something easily digestible. See more Guy C Sep 24 I found this film a great watch. A bit of a slow burner but settle in and watch without distractions. It's a story of how a man who initially is happy and in control of his destiny to slowly losing control of certain aspects in his life until the end when he makes a terrible decision to gain back control of part of his life he has developed an obsession with. See more Ernest B @ErnestB Sep 18 A couple parts Black Swan, a couple parts The Shining, a couple parts Saint Maud. Beautiful, engrossing, dark. It's the tale of a man who found the horrible thing just the shape of what was missing inside of him, unraveling as its gravity sucks him deeper and deeper into it. No redemption, no light; just the flicker of the flames as he immolates See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sharp Corner follows Josh (Ben Foster), a troubled man increasingly consumed by the fatal car crashes in front of his house. As Josh's obsession takes hold, he begins to spiral, placing his wife (Cobie Smulders) and son (William Kosovic) in jeopardy and setting in motion a series of events that threaten to permanently break the family apart.
Director
Jason Buxton
Producer
Paul Barkin, Marc Tetreault, Jason Levangie, Jason Buxton, Susan Mullen
Screenwriter
Jason Buxton
Distributor
Vertical
Production Co
Vertical Entertainment, Alcina Pictures, Shut Up & Colour Pictures, Workhorse Pictures, Kobalt Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 9, 2025
Runtime
1h 50m
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