Sharper doesn’t fizzle out—far from it—but its conclusion ultimately feels indicative of the film as a whole: slick, clever, well-executed, but just a little too safe.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 3, 2024

Told from multiple points of view, the low-brow twists and non-linear narrative in this tale of deceit and manipulation — with the rules changing every few minutes — leave us disappointed.

| Jun 11, 2024

The movie ends with a very satisfying conclusion. The fact that it is so satisfying more than makes up for the fact that the story's resolution is not very believable.

| Original Score: B | Jan 27, 2024

…at some point in Benjamin Caron’s film various characters are seen using, and being satisfied by, Apple’s patented brand of ear-buds, and that’s about as close as Sharper gets towards social commentary…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2023

...a top-notch thriller that’s as surprising as it is entertaining.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 27, 2023

A New World Order noir in political death throes but still clinging to relevance even while withering away globally, Sharper gets it right unmasking without mercy US cutthroat culture. But a narrative scripted by Hollywood financing, namely Wall Street.

| Oct 26, 2023

As the twists keep spinning out of control, Sharper becomes an overstuffed frenzy of con games that doesn’t know when to stop.

| Sep 8, 2023

Sharper is a sexy and thrilling rollercoaster ride of intrigue and deceit that gives a chance to actors like Sebastian Stan and Julianne Moore to showcase their impressive range.

| Jul 25, 2023

Sharper is a sleek thriller that plays its hand too early, delivering a bevy of twists that lack shock factor.

| Jul 24, 2023

Somewhere around the halfway point of the film, I realized that I was essentially watching an Abbas-Mustan film and started to relish it even more.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 23, 2023

Sharper doesn’t deepen the various themes related to social classes, commodities gained from wealth, or the redemption arcs present in the film, ending with an abrupt sequence of events distant from the grounded narrative developed until then.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 21, 2023

The kind of just-OK movie for which the “rent it” designation was created (when rentals existed and people went to movie theaters and cheeseburgers cost a nickel).

| Original Score: B- | May 22, 2023

The title is referencing any viewer that has ever seen a con artist film before vs. this screenplay.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 22, 2023

That everything does eventually come together by the end isn’t nearly as satisfying as it should be, largely because none of this has been any fun.

| Apr 21, 2023

"Sharper’’ delivers an intricate puzzle. It’s a strong psychological tale that runs slightly less than two hours. Its pacing is superb. There’s a nifty sense of urbanity, and the visuals from cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen are exceptional.

| Mar 25, 2023

There are grifters galore in Benjamin Caron's psychological thriller, so many that it's difficult to discern who is scamming whom....

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 14, 2023

SHARPER is dull and predictable, with a plodding pace, little suspense, and twists that anyone who loves heist films will identify well in advance.

| Mar 5, 2023

Its machinations, despite passing a sense of fun, are based on copy-paste rudiments that wear out our patience.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 3, 2023

While Sharper’s genius resides in its ability to successfully outwit its audience, at no point does it feel laboured or in the least predictable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2023

It’s a silly, empty shell of a film, wildly implausible and oddly unlikeable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 2, 2023