The Hater

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The Hater

2020

2h 15m

Drama

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An ambitious young man starts working in the dark world of social media smear tactics and learns that his virtual games have very real consequences.

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The Hater can get carried away in its contrivances, but thriller fans will enjoy its ambitious and frenzied style.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

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

Aug 13, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

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

Aug 13, 2020

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Steve Pond

TheWrap

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.

Jul 29, 2020

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Giuseppe Sedia

Kino Mania

The Hater is a spin-off of Komasa’s first feature film, Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room), which was a sensation back in 2011. Komasa deserves kudos for showing the process of polarization at work in Polish society, with all that the mayhem this could entail

Rated: 4/5

Jan 21, 2025

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Sukanya Verma

Rediff.com

Powered by a mesmerising central performance by Maciej Musialowski as a shamed law student who takes up a gig at a PR agency engaged in infamy and sabotage on the Web, The Hater is essential viewing.

Aug 27, 2024

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Luis Fernando Galván

En Filme

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

Rated: 4/5

Jun 1, 2021

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Mary Ann F

It's the tragedy of HOW THINGS ARE. I long for this period in history to be just that...history. Life has become almost unbearable in the political realm, and it will all get worse before it gets better, especially after reading the Twitter whistleblower story on Substack (The Concerned Bird Blog). I'm sick about all of it, and that it all got this far.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Huub B

Very good movie about a twisted mind. We live in a society

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Marc P

Great movie well worth watching. Maciej Musiałowski was indeed excellent.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/03/24

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Tathi T

THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZING!!! EYE OPENING AND LOW KEY TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW THIS WORLD IS MANAGED. LOVED IT. TENÍA QUE SER EL DIRECTOR DE SUICIDE ROOM PZ.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Jen

Was very impressed by it. Especially the lead actor, Maciej Musiałowski, was excellent. Very well paced. Just very impressed I wish I knew Polish to watch more works by all involved.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/23

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T T

Excellent Polish movie. This is the third Polish movie I see and I have to say I am really impressed. This is was a very entertaining movie. Despite running for 136 minutes, I was engaged from the beginning till the end. Great acting, solid storyline, solid plot, and good cinematography. Well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/08/23

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Synopsis

An ambitious young man starts working in the dark world of social media smear tactics and learns that his virtual games have very real consequences.

Director: Jan Komasa
Screenwriter: Mateusz Pacewicz
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Polish
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 31, 2020
Runtime: 2h 15m

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