The Columnist (2019)
A writer hunts down internet trolls in a dark, thrilling tale of revenge—perfect for fans of dark dramas and social commentary.
Genres: Comedy, Horror, TV Movie
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The Columnist(2019)
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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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So, a Columnist is getting cyber-bullied on social media, but one day she has enough and decides to take revenge. OK with that small plot line in mind, I expected nothing more than a ridiculous, yet fun ride, which is what I got. It also helps that Katja Herbers makes for an entertaining lead character, who manages to balance frustration, pity, and humour in her performance. This is one of those movies that could have easily been a Black Mirror episode. However, at times I kind of question how exactly she knows where some of these people who sent her nasty comments live, or is it that easy to track people on the internet? Not a spectacular movie by any means, but it never bored me.
A salutary lesson from Steven Dood; '#34;Don'#39;t read the comments. Never read the comments.'#34;
A satirical revenge fantasy using a contemporary subject and does something interesting with. It delivers sharp commentary on internet trolls and our obsession with them that's full of dark humor and violent kills. I enjoyed how the story played out and there's something so satisfying watching social media trolls get their comeuppance. The tension is palpable throughout and Katja Herbert is terrific in the lead role. Time well spent watching this one.
i love this dutch spinoff of the series evil. in all sincerity i had no clue that katja herbers was dutch so i went into this movie assuming it was english and was surprised, but not unpleasantly so. it'#39;s truly as ridiculous, silly and quirky as the evil series is, or maybe as another commenter mentioned, an episode of black mirror. i liked it, nothing special but also plenty of fun.
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Basically an Alex van Warmerdam film if he didn't know how to make a movie. It's too on the nose and lacking in subtlety to work as a black comedy/satire, it's too repetitive, surface level and poorly written to work as a drama about internet trolling and it's not over the top enough to work as a horror comedy. It somewhat feels like a product of the _Succession_ era in the sense that every character is various degrees of unlikeable, but this film would be so much more interesting if the main character and daughter were written like sympathetic characters. We should be rooting for the protagonist, that's what makes a genre like this interesting and fun. On top of that it also gets way too stupid at points (e.g. how is she tracking all these people down?; the police aren't noticing the connective tissue between the people being killed?), I feel like the directing and Herbers' acting should've done a much better job at bringing out the absurdity. Technically, it's not very interesting either. The sound mix is actually pretty decent for a Dutch production, but visually it's drab and lacking in personality. A key scene taking place at night looked particularly underlit, this is where you really start to feel its tv budget. There's some decent edits here and there, other times I was left wondering what the filmmaker's trying to communicate. Overall, a pretty major failure that feels written and made by people with a lack of experience. 2/10
