Sharp Corner
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: May 9, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMay 9, 2025
This is a quiet classic. Every choice is just right. Read full review
80
The GuardianBenjamin LeeMay 7, 2025
Buxton gains confidence as the film heads into the murky final stretch, neatly gliding around the, ahem, sharp corners that would have seen others crashing into the darkness. He leads his story to a knockout ending that’s both hauntingly downbeat yet crushingly inevitable without going to new, unnecessary extremes. Read full review
73
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMay 8, 2025
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. Read full review
70
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonMay 2, 2025
A fascinating character study that shows us the dangers of finding fulfillment in all the wrong places. Read full review
67
Original-CinKim HughesMay 8, 2025
It’s conceptually unsettling and bold, but there are some hiccups with the execution. Read full review
50
VarietyManuel BetancourtMay 9, 2025
Led by an against-type performance from Ben Foster, writer-director Jason Buxton’s languidly paced psychological thriller about domesticity and masculinity may be handsomely mounted but ultimately strikes an all too hollow tone to land its kicker of a final shot. Read full review
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