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  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Successful columnist Femke (Katja Herbers) is flooded every day by anonymous harassments and death threats on social media. She becomes addicted to the vicious messages, and finds herself continuously clicking back to the hateful comments before she goes to sleep. Not only is this affecting her motivation to write new articles, but she a...

Directed By: Ivo van Aart

Written By: Daan Windhorst

  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2021
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 26 m

The Columnist

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Successful columnist Femke (Katja Herbers) is flooded every day by anonymous harassments and death threats on social media. She becomes addicted to the vicious messages, and finds herself continuously clicking back to the hateful comments before she goes to sleep. Not only is this affecting her motivation to write new articles, but she a...

Directed By: Ivo van Aart

Written By: Daan Windhorst

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
60
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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90
Apr 8, 2021
The Columnist is that rare mix of comedy and horror that isn’t too cheesy or over the top.
By Lorry Kikta FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 8, 2021
This film throws toxic male aggression right back at them.
By Martyn Conterio FULL REVIEW
75
May 6, 2021
The result is entertaining satire with a dark edge of relatable excitement.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
67
May 6, 2021
Despite the film's willingness to playfully stir unrest, it never reaches its full potential, and the promise of confronting abusers who hide behind avatars gets second billing to a less exciting defense of free speech. And yet, The Columnist works because of Katja Herbers’ performance.
By Thom Ernst FULL REVIEW
60
May 6, 2021
The Columnist doesn’t seem to care about making a cogent statement about feminist revenge or online culture. Perhaps it just needed an excuse to carry out its bloody high jinks, which are decent fun in their own right.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 8, 2021
Ivo van Aart’s movie gives full rein to that desire and is snappily directed – but in the end there is something self-satisfied and sententious about his feminist revenge flick.
By Phil Hoad FULL REVIEW
37
May 4, 2021
Unfortunately, The Columnist doesn’t live up to its initial promise: What might have been a trenchant cultural critique couched within poisonously playful genre exercise becomes an indulgence in undifferentiated rage for its own graphic sake.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

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Production Company NL Film
Release Date May 7, 2021
Duration 1 h 26 m
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Awards

Bloodstained Indie Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Bucharest Best Comedy Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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