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Lena Dunham's Sharp Stick Is Surprisingly Sweet and Searching—and a Marked Departure for the Director

We know way too much about Lena Dunham—about her upbringing, her neuroses, her health problems—but is that her fault or ours? We think of look-at-me personalities like Dunham as unavoidable, but as ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘Sharp Stick’ Movie Review [Sundance 2022]: Lena Dunham’s Feature Comeback Is an Absolute Mess, Never Finishes What It Starts

'Sharp Stick' marks Lena Dunham's return to feature filmmaking. Kristine Froseth delivers a stunning performance to this chaotic, yet haphazard comedy. Sarah Jo (Froseth) is a naive 26-year-old woman ...
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Sharp Stick Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Hulu

Sharp Stick is a 2022 American comedy film that explores themes of sexuality, loss, and power in a nontraditional way. It follows a naive 26-year-old named Sarah Jo, yearning for connection, who gets ...
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‘Sharp Stick’: Jon Bernthal is ‘Blown Away’ By Lena Dunham’s Ability to Write Men

This year, Dunham returned to Sundance Film Festival with her first feature-length film in over 10 years. Sharp Stick tells the story of Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), a young woman who experienced a ...
TheWrap

‘Sharp Stick’ Film Review: Lena Dunham’s First Feature in a Decade Feels Overly Familiar

This review originally ran following the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Lena Dunham’s sophomore feature, “Sharp Stick,” opens with Taylour Paige doing a TikTok dance over a ...
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How Lena Dunham and Her ‘Sharp Stick’ Cast Embraced the ‘Toxic’ and ‘Messy’ Aspects of Women’s Lives (Video)

In her first feature since her 2010 debut, “Tiny Furniture,” Lena Dunham drew from her own medical experiences for her new film,”Sharp Stick,” which premiered at this month’s Sundance film festival.
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Lena Dunham Plays a Pregnant Wife Unaware of Her Husband's Betrayal in Steamy 'Sharp Stick' Trailer

Lena Dunham's Sharp Stick sees a "naïve" young woman (Kristine Froseth) "thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power" Warning: The above trailer contains potentially NSFW content. Lena ...
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Sharp Stick Fails By Refusing to Acknowledge Its Autistic Coding

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Sharp Stick has run into controversy. After all, it was written and directed by Lena Dunham, ever since Girls debuted on HBO in 2012, Dunham has been a lightning rod for ...
The Spokesman-Review

Lena Dunham’s ‘Sharp Stick’ has a point to make, but what is it?

Credits: Directed by Lena Dunham, starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luke Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Lena Dunham, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige, Jennifer Jason Leigh Running time/Rating: Rated ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Succeeding as often as it stumbles, ‘Sharp Stick’ marks the return of Lena Dunham

Twelve years after her breakthrough 2010 indie darling “Tiny Furniture,” New York-born writer, director, producer and actor Lena Dunham returns to feature filmmaking with “Sharp Stick,” a similarly ...
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‘Sharp Stick’ review: Lena Dunham returns with a provocative comedy

Chicago - Editor's note: This review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, 2022. It has been republished in light of the film's debut in theaters. Lena ...