The Critic (2018)

Directed by

Stella Velon

Genre

drama, thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

15 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An award-winning actress sits for an interview that goes wrong. She must face her harshest critic, a person who attacks her from a deeply personal place.

tenseclaustrophobicpsychologically chargedintimateunsettlingdramaticdarkintrospective

What happens

The Critic is a 2019 American psychological thriller short film written and directed by Stella Velon. It is the story of an award-winning actress who faces her harshest critic during an interview gone wrong. The film stars Stella Velon and Alan Smyth, and explores themes of fame, drug addiction, mental health and impostor syndrome. The Critic had its world premiere at the Boston Film Festival in September 2018 and it was first released on Amazon Prime Video in June 2019 as part of Amazon Studios' inaugural All Voices Film Festival, where it was named one of the five winning films. In 2020, the film was nominated for a Webby Award out of 13,000 entries worldwide in the Best Individual Performance category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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