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The Columnist
Directed by
Ivo van Aart
Not Rated
2021
88m
Comedy
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6.2
79%
76%
5.6
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A columnist must continuously deal with threats and negative comments on her social-media pages. One day, she has had enough and decides to hunt down her trolls.
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Cast of The Columnist
Katja Herbers
Femke Boot
Bram Van Der Kelen
Steven Dood
Claire Porro
Anna Boot
Genio de Groot
Arend
Rein Hofman
Arjen Tol
Harry van Rijthoven
Headmaster
Medina Schuurman
Publisher
Achraf Koutet
Tarik Bos
Firy Beuk
Lois
Jessica Zeylmaker
Renate
Thomas Höppener
Diederik
Gillis Biesheuvel
Jeroen
Annelies van der Bie
Jeanne
Seno Sever
Police Officer
Ivo van Aart
Director
Daan Windhorst
Writer
Robert van der Hoop
Production Design
Saba van Hoften
Art Direction
Martijn Cousijn
Director Of Photography
Maxa van Panhuis
Costume Design
The Columnist Ratings & Reviews
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
It's wicked and cynical and I suspect Hollywood will want to remake it but will strip out its acidic nature.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Christy Lemire
It's cool and so darkly funny. It is pitch-black in its humor.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
The Columnist, for all of its flaws, is ultimately an incisive, satirical look at how revenge can be hollow if a bullied person becomes worse than the bullies ... Much of The Columnist is elevated by [Katja] Herbers' compelling performance.
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
There's a giddy gruesomeness at the heart of Femke's blood-spattered new pastime, but awkward complications slow the story and prevent it from being fun or as harsh as it would like to be.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
"The Columnist" is sharp, funny and uneasy, and speaks to the fallacy of the world we live in. It's a killer romp.
Book & Film Globe
Sara Stewart
Instead of leaning into the campy pleasures to be had in an American Psycho or Serial Mom-style celebration of going bonkers, The Columnist juxtaposes the daughter's free speech crusade with her mom's blood-spattered campaign to silence her critics.
Reason Online
Kurt Loder
Never *ever* read the comments
RogerEbert.com
Monica Castillo
In the end, Van Aart's The Columnist has surprisingly little to say about online violence against women.
Paste Magazine
Natalia Keogan
The Columnist is a satirical, bloody survey of the limits of free speech.
New York Times
Beatrice Loayza
"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.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
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.
Shockya.com
Harvey S. Karten
A Dutch treat of a parody.
Film Inquiry
Maria Lattila
Van Aart's film is entertaining and it makes a few great points about social media, trolling, and abuse but unfortunately, it never unlocks all of its potential.
Strange Harbors
Jeffrey Zhang
Katja Herbers shines in the glossy, bloody satire of The Columnist.
The Nerds of Color
Valerie Complex
By the end of the movie, the revenge schtick sputters out, but nonetheless the film is still entertaining (pub. date: Sept 2020)
The Screen Scene
Scott Phillips
The Columnist is a black comedy that tips into horror territory with its outbursts of over-the-top violence.
The Film Stage
Jared Mobarak
[It] would be a very different piece [if Femke was careful]. It would be about a serial killer giving into her darkness rather than a woman restoring confidence and autonomy.
The Establishing Shot
Jeff York
Dark comedies rarely come better than this one. It's nasty, biting fun.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
The biting and scathing script by Daan Windhorst doesn't just take more-than-deserved stabs at troll culture, but also a broader swipe about the very real perils of social media addiction.
AV Club
Katie Rife
[T]his is a sophisticated take on over-the-top material, arch but not quite Serial Mom-style campy.
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