[4][5] Tomasz Giemza, a disgraced law student obsessed with the progressive, upper-class Krasucki family, takes a job at a public relations company.

What seemed like just another assignment turns out to be a quickly developing troll farm, where he excels in the business of spreading fake news and online hatred targeting famous personalities, internet celebrities and politicians.

The website's critics consensus reads, "The Hater can get carried away in its contrivances, but thriller fans will enjoy its ambitious and frenzied style.

[8] Ola Salwa on Cineuropa stated, "The Hater is a thrilling tale of an anti-hero and of the survival of the fittest, which in this case means those who have a strong and agile thumb and index finger.

[10] In an enthusiastic review for the Krakow Post, Giuseppe Sedia wrote, "Komasa deserves kudos for showing the process of polarization at work in Polish society, with all that the mayhem this could entail.