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Sharp Stick Review: Froseth's Stellar Performance Saves Dunham's Clunky Script
At the height of the global pandemic, quarantines and loneliness became widespread for many working artists in Hollywood. That same isolation gave writer-director Lena Dunham the reflection she needed to create her latest feature, Sharp Stick, after an 11-year hiatus. Returning to the big screen to lend her voice to feminism with respect to sexual liberation and emotional growth once again, Dunham’s latest taps into female desires in a judgement-free framework. Yet something holds the narrative back from greatness. Sharp Stick is charming thanks to great performances, but the lopsided script doesn’t reach its full potential.