La casa al final de la curva

I first heard about Sharp Corner in one of those "upcoming trailers" things you see on YouTube and it stood out as something unique, so I kept a note to watch it. The trailer was somewhat misleading, as there's not a whole lot of action to the movie, but it is an extremely tense psychological "thriller", a word people will debate. I was actually impressed! Ben Foster has gotten very good at playing weirdos.

There are a lot of moments of just someone standing around, looking around, sitting and thinking, but it never actually felt boring to me. There was always a building tension, the feeling that something might happen at any moment, because that's what the family was feeling. I was impressed with how well they did with a very minimal movie. I have a few complaints. The major standout was the CGI, which was only for a five second scene but it just didn't hold up to modern film standards. I also felt like the couple just...never felt like a couple. I also get annoyed by kids in movies, they rarely ever feel authentic, but that's a personal gripe.

Maybe I'm being a little generous, but I'm giving the movie an 8. It's much better than I was expecting.

Great directing, editing however terrible story. The wife wanting a divorce as if the husband was some abusive, drug addict loser.

There didn't seem to be an ending, did the guy become the hero of the town? Did he work his issues. Just to cut off like that it was breaking for commercials is just sloppy.

You have to wonder why the transport authority didn't do anything to investigate the high number of accidents? At least install a speed limit or even speed bumps.

A movie like this is going to be watched by grown ups so it needs to be grounded in reality.

If the creators of this movie get a decent script they could create a classic.

This movie demands your patience and attention span. But the story is most effective in this way.

First off, the acting is excellent, and Ben Foster is captivating. I sensed what may happen, but his character adapted and changed his MO a few times.

This is about an unsung hero, who goes through crisis after crisis, but insists on solving the problem himself. Cobie Smuldrrs is excellent as well, and works well in her hyper-organized, perfectionist character.

The tension builds as Foster's character realizes his true calling. Consumed with a new occupation, battling mortal danger, he seeks to fight it head on.

This film is excellent with a plaintive soundtrack, well-rounded characters; and a narrative which belies exposition and resorts to thoughtful yet misguided strategies.

This is a very worthwhile film, but it requires your attention and curiosity.

There were a lot of car accidents in this movie, but none were as bad as the disaster that this movie was.

Apparently it's based on a short film, and I have to wonder who thought it was a good idea to make this already boring story longer than it needed to be?

It's soooooooo slow and uninteresting for the majority of the duration.

There were scenes that were completely unnecessary. As I was trying to stay focused I thought to myself "this could have been a short" and little did I know it originally was. Why the run time of almost 2 hours is beyond me.

Not to mention that the story telling made no sense.

All that time wasted on useless scenes, and you could have addressed SO many issues that just lingered, and questions that never got answered. Waste of time. If you want something to lul you to sleep...this is it.

I just want to point out two scenes, first when the accident happened and the tire ended at their home at a very difficult moment where it showed how accidents begin to change their lifestyle as soon as they enter their intimacy. The second is when he ruined the traffic lights and the street as if he was the one imposing death and granting life, giving his obsession the maximum extent, free from any controls. I think the movie revolved around these two scenes where Josh's obsession began to grow in a way that destroyed his family life and this obsession surrounded him and took him out of any moral criterion. I thought his obsession was saving lives until the last moment when he destroyed the traffic light and the street to impose what he thought was his ability.