The Hater

[Maciej Musialowski] is a wonderful actor... He has a way of contorting his face. He tells the story behind his eyes.

It could not be more relevant on a couple of different levels... [And] it is so suspenseful.

The film drags on until the story becomes harder to buy and the central character harder to remain interested in; at a certain point, Tomasz stops being fascinating or even threatening, and simply becomes tiresome.

Often, "The Hater" plays like something Krzysztof Kieslowski might have made had he been desperate to get work in Hollywood.

There's an ambitious drive to The Hater that keeps it humming through its long running time.

Shot with assured, clinical reserve, The Hater casts a pall of inexorable doom over its action, and then methodically proceeds toward it without tipping its hand...

An intense thriller that exposes the toxicity, manipulation, and threat of defamatory social media tactics. [Full review in Spanish]

Tomasz Giemza is... a fascinating character. [Full review in Spanish]

It is, in my opinion, one of the most provocative social thrillers of the year. [Full review in Spanish]

Komasa manages to print a frenetic rhythm at 135 minutes of this cold, hopeless story with a violence that goes from the symbolic to the physical. [Full Review in Spanish]