Sharp Corner
2024 Canadian thriller film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sharp Corner is a 2024 thriller film, directed by Jason Buxton. Based on the short story by Russell Wangersky, the film stars Ben Foster as Josh McCall, a man who becomes obsessed with saving car accident victims at the sharp road corner near his home.[1]
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| Directed by | Jason Buxton |
| Written by | Jason Buxton |
| Based on | "Sharp Corner" by Russell Wangersky |
| Produced by | Paul Barkin Jason Buxton Jason Levangie Susan Mullen Marc Tetreault |
| Starring | Ben Foster Cobie Smulders |
| Cinematography | Guy Godfree |
| Edited by | Jorge Weisz |
| Music by | Stephen McKeon |
Production companies | Alcina Pictures Shut Up and Colour Pictures Workhorse Pictures |
| Distributed by | Elevation Pictures (Canada) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Ireland |
| Language | English |
The film also stars Cobie Smulders as Josh's wife Rachel, as well as Gavin Drea, Alexandra Castillo, Julia Dyan, Jonathan Watton, Reid Price, Leah Johnston, Dan Lett, Andrew Shaver, Mark A. Owen, Bob Mann, Allison Wilson-Forbes, Wayne Burns, Alexandra McDonald, Sam Vigneault, Trina Corkum, Gita Miller, Eugene Sampang, David Light, Steve Lawrence, William Kosovic, Sebastien Labelle, Stephanie MacDonald, Baheran Zewde, Rena Kossatz, Kevin Kincaid, Emily Jewer, Ryan Willis and Susan Leblanc-Crawford in supporting roles.
Production
Buxton's second feature film following Blackbird in 2012,[1] the film entered the development process in the late 2010s, with its screenplay included in the International Financing Forum at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
It was filmed in 2023 in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, area.[3]
Release
The film was screened for distributors at the 2024 Berlin Film Market,[4] and premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Atlantic Canadian Feature and Best Atlantic Canadian Director.[6] In October 2024, it was showcased at the 19th Rome Film Festival.[7]
In November 2024, Vertical acquired the United States distribution rights for the film and will release the film theatrically in the second quarter of 2025.[8]
Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 94%, based on 18 critic reviews with an average rating of 6.5/10.[9]
IndieWire's Christian Blauvelt graded the film a B, writing "What’s so thrilling about Sharp Corner, Jason Buxton’s atmospheric descent into madness, is how strongly it refuses to explain itself. There are a lot of different readings you could apply here, but there’s still a pervasive novelistic ambiguity that defies any one interpretation."[10]
Kristy Puchko's Mashable review concludes: "Focused so intently on the inner turmoil of its ego-ravaged hero, Sharp Corner is leanly executed. But Buxton and Wangersky seems to lose faith in their audience in the second act, offering a sequence where a psychiatrist basically spells out what Josh is going through (though she's not knowingly talking about him). Despite this detour, the finale regains momentum. Ultimately, a smart premise is poignantly brought to life by Foster and Smulders, making for a psychological thriller that is nerve-rattlingly tense and a family drama that is unapologetically gutting."[11]
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