2023 · thriller · crime
Sharper
Directed by Benjamin Caron1h 55m2023
A small, wealthy family in New York City gets progressively torn apart by secrets, lies, and the theft that orchestrates all of it.
Our read: Sharper (2023) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- twisty
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“You want Manhattan con-artist chess moves, class resentment, and elegant twisty structure.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if twisty crime puzzles feel hollow without characters you truly root for.
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