Do Revenge

2022 - 9 - 16

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Do Revenge movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert)

A tribute to 1980s and '90s teen movies. All of them.

The characters are constructs who are so aware of themselves as constructs (and the plot, too) that there's really no reason why we should feel for them, but we do, thanks to the lead performances, the direction, and the kidding/not kidding vibe of the entire production. [Brian Burgoyne](/cast-and-crew/brian-burgoyne) and editor [Lori Ball](/cast-and-crew/lori-ball) conspire with the director to keep the movie constantly winding its way forward while allowing for stylish grace notes, such as an Andersonian perfectly-symmetrical establishing shot or a voluptuous needle-drop that uses most—and in at least one case, all—of a song. ( [Sarah Michelle Gellar](/cast-and-crew/sarah-michelle-gellar), star of "Cruel Intentions" as well as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has a small role as the headmistress of Rosehill, who advises Drea to channel her anger rather than explode in rage, as she did while accusing Max of leaking the video.) It's as if a cross-dressing Shakespeare comedy had been outfitted with elements from " [Clueless](/reviews/clueless-1995)," " [10 Things I Hate About You](/reviews/10-things-i-hate-about-you-1999)," " [Election](/reviews/election-1999)," " [Rushmore](/reviews/rushmore-1999)," and " [Cruel Intentions](/reviews/cruel-intentions-1999)." The vengeance-driven friendship comedy "Do Revenge" is to the 1980s and '90s high school movie as the "Scream" series was to the post-"Halloween" slasher picture. Max also founds the Cis Hetero Men Championing Female Identifying Students League, an organization that brags about the "allyship" of its members but is mainly camouflage for Max and his bros to womanize without getting called out as misogynists.

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Do Revenge's '90s Teen Movie Homages, Decoded (Vanity Fair)

From a '10 Things I Hate About You'–inspired paintball date to a 'Cruel' cameo, here's a breakdown of teen movie Easter eggs hidden in plain sight.

Robinson Library, in honor of Do Revenge’s director and co-writer? “All three of us really immersed ourselves in all of these films,” she says. “I feel like coming back to them as a filmmaker, I was just really taken aback about how beautiful these films are.”

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Netflix's Do Revenge, Vengeance, and every new movie to watch at ... (Polygon)

George Miller's new movie, a new anime on Netflix, the black comedy Do Revenge, John Boyega's Breaking, and new Channing Tatum and Jon Hamm movies lead the ...

Comedies have fallen out of favor in a cinematic landscape that’s more devoted to Liam Neeson-style revenge movies, but Confess, Fletch is refreshing, not just for how it uses comedy, but for how it uses Jon Hamm. Hiroyasu Ishida’s (Penguin Highway) latest anime feature Drifting Home centers on childhood friends Kosuke and Natsume who, after visiting the apartment building where they used to live before it’s demolished, are transported to another dimension surrounded by a vast ocean. It never feels at odds with the film’s sense of peril when the director inflects broad, sometimes elastic physical comedy on the characters’ interactions with these environments, like when Kosuke daringly uses a makeshift zipwire to reach an adjacent floating building, crashes through the corrugated iron roof, and bounces off the building like a pinball. The remake’s shortcomings aren’t due to her lack of craft or effort — the issues lie solely in the writing and directing. Not only does the remake lack the gumption to even approach the original film in terms of terror and on-screen pain, it doesn’t really work as a film in its own right. Naomi Watts stars in the 2022 American remake of Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s 2014 psychological horror film Goodnight Mommy. Eventually, Vengeance starts to feel a bit like a distended meme, tracking the gifted-kid-to-compromised-murder-investigator pipeline. Inspired by a real-life story, Breaking also notably features the late Michael K. Bound to Alithea until he grants three of her wishes, the Djinn tells her three stories from across his three thousand years of captivity, each one recounting a tale of loss, longing, betrayal, and love. But it isn’t derivative or a cliche: Instead, it’s a natural evolution of this type of movie for 2022. We’ve got Three Thousand Years of Longing, George Miller’s highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, 2022 thriller-drama Breaking starring John Boyega and the late Michael K. This weekend sees the debut of Netflix’s teenage black comedy film Do Revenge starring Camila Mendes (Riverdale), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones).

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Do Revenge movie review: New Netflix dark comedy puts Gen Z ... (The Indian Express)

Do Revenge movie review: Netflix's dark comedy, starring Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke, updates Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train for a Gen Z crowd ...

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Do Revenge Twitter review: Dark Comedy impresses netizens (Economic Times)

The Do Revenge Twitter review starring Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke will give the movie a much-needed boost. The film apprises Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers ...

[Drea](/topic/drea)and [Eleanor](/topic/eleanor). [Maya Hawke](/topic/maya-hawke)and [Camila Mendes](/topic/camila-mendes). The film's synopsis reads that after a covert bust-up, following a leaked sex tape of Drea (Camila Mandes) by her boyfriend and Eleanor (Maya Hawke), outcasted for a rumor of kissing a girl, they form a team to go after each other's oppressors. Indian equities tumbled close to 2% on Friday, tracking weakness in global markets, as stronger-than-expected economic readings in the US raised expectations of aggressive rate increases by the American central bank at next week’s policy meeting. What most awe-struck the fans were the amusing one-liner and clever plot and the pompous characters of Most fans were impressed with the eminence of the characters and the movie's storyline.

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'Thor: Love and Thunder' Writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson 'Would ... (IndieWire)

"Thor: Love and Thunder" co-writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson revealed how she approached "Do Revenge" differently than a Marvel movie.

“Tell me what you think: I think the sequel should be ‘Deux Revenge’ and it’s about Sophie Turner coming for Drea and Eleanor.” “It’d be fun to see Drea and Eleanor do a road trip movie,” Hawke teased. That is what I like the most and so if that comes in the form of a $200 million Marvel movie, awesome. “I would love to direct a big movie like Marvel or DC, but I think for me, it’s about the stories that I connect to,” Robinson told IndieWire. If that comes in the form of a $5 million Blumhouse movie, also awesome. The ensemble cast including Austin Abrams, Sophie Turner, Ava Capri, Maia Reficco, Paris Berelc, Talia Ryder, Jonathan Daviss, Rish Shah, and Alisha Boe, even dubbed themselves the “Revengers” with a special nod to Marvel’s “Avengers.”

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'Do Revenge': Cool, unique details you missed + photos (INSIDER)

22 details you probably missed in 'Do Revenge,' Netflix's new teen movie starring Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke · There's a clip of Drea talking about positivity ...

](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139134/) ](https://www.insider.com/mean-girls-cool-details-you-never-got) [Taylor Swift's](https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-gay-songs-queer-lyrics-2022-9), ["Look What You Made Me Do." "It was less about the name-iness of the artists or the songs, and it was way more about, does the song bring you back to a time?" [In the book](https://www.insider.com/love-and-gelato-differences-book-vs-movie-netflix-2022-6), two strangers agree to commit murders for one another, which is similar to Eleanor and Drea's plot to "do each other's revenge." In the "Do Revenge" scene, Carissa is wearing Birkenstocks, which is also a callback to Drea calling Carissa a "human Birkenstock." ](https://www.insider.com/heathers-movie-cast-then-and-now-2018-1) The headlines include "Math: Do We Need It?" ["Clueless,"](https://www.insider.com/cool-fun-facts-you-didnt-know-about-clueless-trivia) The Muff's pop-punk cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids of America" plays as Cher drives around in her Jeep and shops. ["Barbie Girl"](https://genius.com/Aqua-barbie-girl-lyrics) by Aqua. ["Clueless"](https://www.insider.com/clueless-interesting-details-you-missed-fun-facts) and later 2000s teen flicks like ["Mean Girls." ["Strangers on a Train"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622296-strangers-on-a-train) during tennis camp.

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