Do Revenge Review: A Sour, Witty, Funny, Unique Teen Comedy Movie On Netflix
Stars: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams
Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Streaming Platform: Netflix
Filmyhype.com Ratings: 3/5 (three stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
Do Revenge is the second film by director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. This is a sour and funny black comedy that subverts the mold by talking about the scariest characters ever: teenagers. The film is co-written by Celeste Ballard and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, loosely based on Alfred Hitchcock’s The Other Man, is produced by Anthony Bregman and Likely Story and is available on Netflix from September 16.
Do Revenge Review: The Story
Drea works hard, and despite coming from a normal family, she managed to become the most popular girl in her high school among the rich. She is ambitious and diabolical: all she does is pave the way for Yale, her true target. One day, however, an erotic video of her is released among the students. She’s sure there is a hand in her boyfriend, Max, the most popular and influential in the school, but she can’t prove it. Result? She falls apart while Max remains the undisputed king of the school.
In the summer, Drea works in an exclusive sports field. Here he meets Eleonor, who is shy, naive and traumatized by the false accusations received years earlier by Cassandra. The girl will also begin attending Drea and Cassandra’s high school. Drea and Eleonor are very different, but they have the same thirst for revenge. They will therefore decide to swap places to take revenge on those who torment them without arousing suspicion. It will not be easy.
Do Revenge Review and Analysis
If Pretty Little Liars and Clueless had a child, and if that child married a popular TikTok sound that is itself the child of a Taylor Swift music video, Do Revenge would be the result. This comedy is ambitious, sour, witty, and surprising. It starts as a classic teen movie set in high school, runs out of all available clichés of the genre barely halfway through and then decides to turn it all upside down and dance on its own grave. With a pair of candy pink boots on her feet. It would have been fun even without the reversal, which makes it unique.
A youth comedy for young people, which however young people want to amuse and entertain them rather than imitate. A deadly mix of TikTok trends and obscure pop culture references that only those who are really in it (aka spend a shameful number of hours on social networks) can understand. The effect is that of an exclusive club, of a continuous wink without rhetoric or old age, indeed very fresh, with the volume at the maximum, with the contrast to a thousand, with the accelerator pedal pressed down. The soundtrack is the icing on the cake, and it is curated by Este Haim, from Haim. Max is nothing more than an epigone of Harry Styles. You can’t be more in step with the times than this.
The story, besides vengeance, also has a slightly mixed love story, which follows the formula for the couple who were wounded by their former lover to meet new people. while plotting revenge Before the identity is revealed, some things need to be resolved according to the exact formula of success. For Maya Hawke, it’s probably the biggest draw. She plays well in roles that have moderately high self-esteem. But in this role, she still revolves around being a lesbian. Which seems to have become an image with her already. (The real one didn’t declare it) which may be due to the slim figure, flat chest, style of speaking and dashing demeanor. It was taken from Robin until it came to this chapter as before, not much different.
Camila Mendes plays the dark-skinned villain of the school that used to be popular. Before turning to take revenge on the whole school, she is the heroine of the story. But with the script, it’s a very successful formula from start to finish. So, nothing interesting It was also overwhelmed by the role of Maya. It is considered a movie for teenagers whose outward appearance may look new. But the meat inside is still the same recipe, everything is the same, but it looks fun.
Do Revenge is a film a bit like Mean Girls, either because the two protagonists Drea and Eleanor are like Regina and Cady in their respective roles of high school popular posh and new misfit who will receive help and friendship from the first, for the presentation of the different groups of students or the change of image that Eleanor must go through. However, he manages to have his personality concerning the 2004 feature film with certain criticisms of today’s society directly mocking the false feminists and showing that, for some events, the blame will always be on the victims and not on the “emotional terrorists”, leaving the former with negative consequences and the latter getting away with their actions.
On a visual level, Brian Burgoyne’s photography looks quite good, highlighting on numerous occasions the colorful aesthetics of the film’s setting. However, there are certain scenes of car trips in which the use of chroma is a little noticeable, reminiscent -with great humor- of some moments of the film ‘Apocalypse Voodoo, with the difference in the comic intention of the use of this technique audiovisual. Another resource to highlight is the voiceover, which is used correctly to narrate feelings and events that are not seen on the screen of the protagonists themselves, providing more plot to each scene in which it is used.
Although at first glance ‘Do Revenge’ seems like another teen comedy feature film, the truth is that it has an original and realistic touch that is appreciated these days, especially coming from a platform with as much content as Netflix. The film fulfills its objective of entertaining and making the viewer disconnect for a while to immerse themselves in a curious story, being able to leave a moment for reflection given that the event it narrates and the subsequent consequences can happen to anyone in current times who we live.
Do Revenge Review: The Last Words
Teen movies may look new on the outside but the meat inside is still the same recipe as everything. The first half looks fun and interesting with a mental revenge plot. But after the second half, the story began to become the same old high school teenager success formula. Despite trying to make the story have interesting twists. But back to the simple ending, very light, until becoming a normal, normal teen movie. It’s good to have Maya Hawke play, but it’s not out of character like that. Originally from the role of Robin anyway. But anyway, this is a successful movie for high school teenagers that is quite fun to watch.
