Do Revenge is a new Netflix film that belongs to the Teen / Dark Comedy genre. The film stars Maya Hawke, Camila Mendes, Austin Abrams, Ava Capri, Maia Reficco, Sophie Turner, Talia Ryder and Rish Shah. The Netflix original is helmed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson who has co-written the screenplay with Celeste Ballard. The premise of the film is extremely simply and is a marriage between genres, “Two high school student cohorts, Drea and Eleanor, have their lives upended and become rejected by their high school. After a topless video of herself originally intended for only her boyfriend Max is leaked, Drea feels shame. Eleanor becomes an outcast when a rumor about her holding Carrissa down and attempting to kiss her begins to spread. Drea and Eleanor form a friendship and agree to go after one another’s bullies.” Apparently the film is a teen dark comedic twisted version of Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train. The film recently premiered on Netflix and naturally has been reviewed by many critics. Let’s see what are their reactions.
Do Revenge Reviews: A Successful Whodunnit?
Do Revenge has been praised by almost everyone as it is an extremely fresh movie that merges genres in an extremely smart way. The cast of film is very talented given their other projects including Maya Hawke in Stranger Things or Camila Mendes in Riverdale, both Netflix properties. The film has a Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 83% and an IMDb score of 6.7/10. Numbers aside, let’s take a look at what stands out in the film particularly that makes it so enjoyable.
Guardian
“Do Revenge offers enough refreshing zaps to actually leave a mark.”
Original Score: 4/5Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
“A clever mishmash of Hitchcockian and 1980s and ’90s high school movie sensibilities, the Netflix dark comedy “Do Revenge” falters when it tries to grow a heart.”
Original Score: 2.5/4
AV Club
“Overall its bright, spirited attitude and attractive, propulsive gusto power a delightfully wicked journey.”
Original Score: B-
Chicago Sun-Times
“Virtually all of the so-called teens look like they should be getting ready for their 10-year reunion rather than senior year.”
Original Score: 2/4Jude Dry
indieWire
“Teenagers are reading the same panic-inducing headlines as everyone else. If they want to do a little revenge on a world that seems hell bent on driving humanity off a cliff, Do Revenge offers some clever entertainment for the ride.”
Original Score: B+
Adam Graham
Detroit News
“This is a movie that knows the buttons it’s pushing, and it mashes them hard… In short, “Revenge” is sweet.”
Original Score: B
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
Autostraddle
“The movie offers a terrific playground for Mendes and Hawke to mess around in as these gleefully flawed, cartoonish and yet ultimately dimensional characters.”
Los Angeles Times
“The movie’s bright colors and trappings of wealth offer some nice eye candy. More importantly, Mendes and Hawke bring a lot of depth and pathos to these characters…”Jordan Hoffman
TV Guide
“Do Revenge wears its love of ’90s teen movies on its sleeve. How well it fares by comparison, however, might be determined by your level of nostalgia, or how much tolerance you have for plots centered on Instagram.”
Original Score: 6.1/10
Amy Nicholson
New York Times
“A playful, sharp-fanged satire that feels like the ’90s teen comedy hammered into modern emojis: crown, knife, fire, winky face.”
Original Score: B
RogerEbert.com
Original Score: 3/4
Ed Power
Daily Telegraph (UK)
“Do Revenge is surely the most shameless attempt yet to plug into nostalgia for Heathers, Cruel Intentions and other staples of the genre.”
Original Score: 2/5
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