Sharper
Apple TV+ | Release Date: February 10, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Screen RantGraeme GuttmannFeb 17, 2023
For all its shortcomings, Sharper manages to pull together all of its cons with a finesse that could have easily been bungled in less capable hands. Even if it fails at its greatest con of all — pulling one over on audiences — it still manages to be a taut thriller that feels fully realized. Read full review
60
EmpireStaff (Not Credited)Feb 7, 2023
As a dramatic thriller, Sharper isn’t quite as dramatic or thrilling as it could be — but it’s got more than enough Big Bastard Energy to give you a good time. Read full review
58
ColliderTherese LacsonFeb 20, 2023
Ultimately, there's much to enjoy in Sharper, with a premise that offers intrigue and a strong group of performances, but it falls flat at the end, unwilling to dig deeper into its characters or the meaning behind its story. Read full review
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The PlaylistSimon ThompsonFeb 10, 2023
However well Sharper is put together, the sum of its parts doesn’t quite add up, and it’s hard to ignore that something that laughs in the face of a linear narrative, and embraces bold complexities, feels too flat and par for the course. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldFeb 16, 2023
The film’s biggest trick might be casting Moore, Stan and the positively glowing Middleton and still never quite catching fire. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeFeb 12, 2023
A fumbled ending lets the air out of what is otherwise a fun and quietly stylish caper. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 10, 2023
The problem is that the Mamet brand of tough-talking puzzle movie is harder to pull off than it looks, and writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka just don’t have the gift of dialogue needed to elevate this thriller beyond its foundation. Read full review
50
IGNSamantha NelsonFeb 9, 2023
While Sharper is visually stylish and is driven by some excellent performances from Sebastian Stan, Julianne Moore, and Brianna Middleton, this con-artist thriller overuses the same plot twists so much that they lose all their impact, and later the initially shrewd characters become too easily bamboozled. Read full review
50
Screen DailyNikki BaughanFeb 7, 2023
There are some fun moments in Sharper, not to mention its attractive production and costume design, and Moore is clearly having a blast with a character who is sexy and smart in equal measure. But with the story broken down into obvious individual character-focused jigsaw pieces, viewers won’t need many of their own wits about them to guess where this tale is headed. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeFeb 7, 2023
This is a film best experienced in a group setting, among friends, the kind of project that fosters conspiratorial thinking and could inspire multiple watches — if only it got out of its own way. Read full review
50
TheWrapKatie WalshFeb 7, 2023
The film is a slickly-executed piece, an enjoyable but almost unbearably twisty puzzle box of narrative fun, but once everything slots together the box is unfortunately empty. Read full review
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VarietyRene RodriguezFeb 8, 2023
A deep ensemble cast is game for this ambitiously overwrought material, but no amount of committed acting can overcome the movie’s manipulative artifice. Read full review
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