Sharp Corner 2024
Sharp Corner (2024) is a slow-burn psychological thriller written and directed by Jason Buxton, based on the short story by Russell Wangersky. The film stars Ben Foster as Josh McCall, a dedicated family man who moves with his wife, Rachel (Cobie Smulders), a therapist, and young son, Max, to a new home in the country. Their peace is immediately shattered when a fatal car crash occurs on the sharp corner of the road right in front of their house. This initial trauma, coupled with Josh's existing feelings of being passed over at work, leads him down a path of increasing obsession with the recurring accidents. He starts attending the funerals of victims, takes CPR classes, and eventually begins to actively interfere with the dangerous road, driven by a desperate, misguided desire to become a hero and reclaim a sense of self-worth. This obsession strains his marriage, jeopardizes his family, and leads to an unsettling descent as he struggles with themes of masculinity, midlife crisis, and a savior complex. The movie premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), with a limited US release on May 9, 2025.
- 2024
- 1 h : 51 min
- 168 views
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5.696
- NR
- English (Canada)
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Isabella Rossellini
2025-10-10 06:59:42
It's probably a bit of a stretch to even rate this at 2 stars, just as it's a stretch to label this a thriller. More a drama about a man who seems to become obsessed with life, death and playing God, it's extremely well acted by Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders but good luck finding a character to feel sympathy for when both leads are written as fairly unlikeable. While I had some sympathy for Ben's character at the beginning eventually it eroded. Cobie, as his wife, is written as being a bit too hard and harsh to feel any empathy for. So you end up sitting and watching a movie in which you just kind of dislike the people on screen. I found the ending disappointing and am not sure what the writers were trying to say. It's definitely an interesting watch but nothing to watch a second time. Ben Foster is such a great actor, it's a shame no one seems to be writing great films anymore.