Synopsis
Columnist and author Femke is flooded with anonymous nasty messages and death threats on social media. One day she is completely done and decides to take revenge.
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Cast
- Katja HerbersFemke Boot
- Bram Van Der KelenSteven Dood
- Claire PorroAnna Boot
- Genio de GrootArend
- Rein HofmanArjen Tol
- Harry van RijthovenHeadmaster
- Medina SchuurmanPublisher
- Achraf KoutetTarik Bos
- Firy BeukLois
- Jessica ZeylmakerRenate
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
The Columnist is that rare mix of comedy and horror that isn’t too cheesy or over the top. - 80
CineVue
This film throws toxic male aggression right back at them. - 77
Paste Magazine
The Columnist argues that silence can be more violent and political than speech. - 75
The A.V. Club
Overall, this is a sophisticated take on over-the-top material, arch but not quite Serial Mom-style campy. - 67
Original-Cin
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. - 60
The New York Times
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. - 58
IndieWire
Van Aart and Windhorst make brief forays into interrogating the morality of what Femke is doing; they are fascinating and layered, and in too short supply. Hebers bridges many gaps with a fluid performance that moves between zippy joy and stone-faced sociopathy. - 40
CineVue
Fun, violent and cathartic, but with an air of arch self-satisfaction that misses the complexity of the debate it constructs around itself.
