Sharp Stick (2022)

• Year: 2022
• Released: 22 Jan 2022
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14158346/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sharp_stick
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sharp-stick
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Comedy
• Runtime: 86 min
• Writer: Lena Dunham
• Director: Lena Dunham
• Cast: Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat
• Keywords: woman director, coming of age, love affair,

	3.7/10
	53/100
	46% – Critics
	46% – Audience

Sharp Stick Storyline

Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power.

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Durham, what is going on?

Saw this back at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival

The story is about Sarah Jo who is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power. Director Lena Durham has become quite a figure with her controversies and there are some things she had said that I thought were quite terrible or I simply disagree with. Her first feature was “Tiny Furniture” which I thought was fun and decent. Durham does have talent to write and have some funny moments with her style. “Sharp Stick” however, I don’t even know what happened here.

Durham seemed to create a story about sex and youth, yet, takes those concepts and make a huge mess. The story comes off incredibly idiotic and annoying like if someone is trying to smash a hammer across your head as you are bleeding from the eyes and skull. The actors are all talented but the characters they are given makes them really unbearable and really punchable at times. Many conversations and dialogue were came off pretentious and all over the place as if Durham had no idea what she was wanting to say to or to present in this movie.

What is the point? Why are we meant to like this character? Does Durham really lost her sense of purpose or was she drunk making this? Because it did feel like a drunk a person would make this such a mess of a movie.

This Stick Isn’t So Sharp

When I read the synopsis on Sharp Stick, I thought this could be interesting, particularly in the hands of Lena Dunham. There are a few interesting elements here, like when the naive lead character first discovers sex and becomes initially obsessed with porn and makes it her mission to try all of the different sex positions/styles she discovers through porn herself, and tracks that journey via two large posters taped to her bedroom wall. As for the performances they’re all solid and contribute something to the overall experience. Personally, the one exception might be Jennifer Jason Leigh. In general, I like her and think she’s done some great work, but for me her selection struck me as JJL doing another typical JJL type of work and would have liked to see someone not so expected in this role. The film looked good but the story itself just didn’t develop in a way that made me really care much about the characters, but was rather just observing them. The Dunham character and her husband in particular seemed random with no backstory or development. Despite some solid elements Sharp Stick just isn’t so sharp.