Sharper (2023) (original) (raw)
A con artist takes on Manhattan's billionaires.
A con artist takes on Manhattan's billionaires. (less)
Director: Benjamin Caron
Writers: Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka
Starring: Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, Darren Goldstein, John Lithgow
Producer: Erik Feig
Review by Brian Orndorf, February 9, 2023
5 / 10
12 years ago, screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka created �The Sitter.� It was a crude, lame comedy, and their last feature work for quite some time, detouring to television with work on �Dice� and �Superstore.� Getting the funny business out of their systems, the pair return with much more serious work in �Sharper,� looking to expand their career with a solemn study of psychological gamesmanship, trying to rethink 1990�s �The Grifters� for a 2023 audience. Gatewood and Tanaka construct a tricky picture with troubled characters, and they have an ally in director Benjamin Caron, ...read more...
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