Lena Dunham’s ‘Sharp Stick’: Film Review | Sundance 2022

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The 'Girls' star-creator's new film focuses on a sexually inexperienced young Los Angeles woman having an affair with her older employer.

has always courted controversy — as a writer, director, actress and public figure. In the decade since she splashed onto the scene with her feature, Dunham worked consistently on both the large and small screen, becoming a much-debated fixture in pop culture. Every accomplishment and misstep has been discussed to death on and offline, with an intrusive focus on her work, body and personal life.

Dunham wears many hats, and people have strong opinions about every single one of them., is as strange and provocative as its title and pedigree suggest. Written and directed by Dunham in the midst of the pandemic with a mainly female crew,is an audaciously sexual film, marveling at the pursuit of feminine pleasure. For better or worse, this is Dunham at her most liberated in years with a freewheeling tone that shakes off years of silence and scrutiny.

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