Sharp Corner

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Sharp Corner

Released May 9

1h 50m

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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.

May 31, 2025

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

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.

May 30, 2025

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Foster, one of the most remarkable actors in modern film, is brilliant in what might be his most unexpected performance in years.

Rated: 4/4

May 9, 2025

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

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.

Rated: 46/100

Sep 5, 2025

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John Serba

Decider

I interpret the lack of a dishwasher as the most ominous omen in this story. Details matter!

Aug 18, 2025

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Whang Yee Ling

The Straits Times (Singapore)

Foster delivers an uncharacteristically internalised performance of existential unease in a disquieting study of masculine insecurity.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 1, 2025

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Ernest B

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

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/25

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Glen H

To start off, this is not a thriller. If it were, it would be a very poor one. It is a unique character drama that studies masculinity in the modern world, and does so in an engaging manner for most of its running time. Foster is an incredible actor, but as others have noted, he plays into the effeminate aspects of the character a bit too much. I would partly blame writer-director Buxton for not guiding him a bit more towards finding a balance, as to not become overbearing scene after scene. It makes the character less likable and harder to relate to his struggle as he spirals downwards. Overall though, it is an original and engaging film that is worth a view.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/11/25

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Movie G.

Main character couldn’t get me hooked but cool plot concept

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/09/25

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Corey J

Ben Foster is amazing in this role as this man who slowly spirals deeper and deeper into an obsessive madness. However, the movie is just far too slow with far too few moments that perked me up. This truly is a movie best to have on in the background while you're doing other things and you look up during certain moments.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/03/25

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Matthew P

Good concept but poor execution. Movie will put you to sleep.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Amy M

Really enjoyed this film! Unlike anything else I've watched before, really interesting found myself flipping between the thought that he was obsessed with becoming a hero and the validation that would give him from others around him to the thought that this was an action from potential PTSD he got from the first accident with the focus being on the aons mental health post accident and the lack of talking about it with his wife, definitely thought provoking

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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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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