The Critic (2019 film)
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| Directed by | Stella Velon |
| Written by | Stella Velon |
| Produced by | Jean Gabriel Kauss Stella Velon |
| Starring | Stella Velon Alan Smyth Todd Karner |
| Cinematography | Akis Konstantakopoulos |
| Edited by | Ivan Andrijanic |
| Music by | Asaf Sagiv |
Production company | The Punk Floyd Company |
| Distributed by | Amazon Prime Video (US and UK) and Omeleto |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.