[FILM]
SHARPER
Damn them for revealing the end of Happy Valley.
★★★ OUT 17 FEBRUARY (APPLE TV+) CERT 15 / 116 MINS
DIRECTOR Benjamin Caron
CAST Sebastian Stan, Briana Middleton, Justice Smith, Julianne Moore, John Lithgow
PLOT After New York bookstore owner Tom (Smith) falls in love with customer Sandra (Middleton), his life changes — in more ways than expected. As both are revealed to have complex backgrounds, an array of untrustworthy characters look to take advantage — to take, in fact, whatever they can.
DO YOU LIKE films with twists? How about a film with a hundred twists? Sharper presents itself in a handful of different chapters, one for each of the main protagonists/antagonists (they’re all a bit of both), each instalment providing a new perspective, each one rewinding, peeling back onion layers and revealing spiralling levels of fuckery. It’s both fun and tedious.