If revenge is a dish that is eaten cold, that of revenge now It is quite hot. And to the sentence she said, in times of (in) political correctness, that there was nothing worse than a rejected woman, today and watching the film Netflix that climbs into the stratosphere in number of visions, could be modified. If that woman is a teenager and has been embarrassed, whoever did it better have somewhere to hide.
revenge now has all the faces that young people know, because they are co-stars of series like Riverdale, strange things or euphoria. And yes, it’s aimed at that teenage audience, but with a sexual charge, drug and sadism combined in a sarcastic comedy tone.
And it takes place in the wonderful and ever-bullying world of American High School. The film also pays homage to various titles, from heather a sexual games (Cruel intentions), but doubles the bet with two protagonists thirsting for revenge, capable of anything – and more – to see those who humiliated them in the past suffer.
Bad Girls
I’m Drea (Camila Mendes, from Riverdale) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke, from strange things), who conjure up painstakingly savage plans to demote those they hate. When one says to the other “We should unite and take revenge on each other”, well, from the living room sofa we don’t know how far these guys are going.
Drea was in the group, let’s say, the Divinas, which she entered with determination, because she is not a blonde or a millionaire, her desire has always been to get to Yale and that she sees how her dream crumbles when her boyfriend, Max (Austin Abrams, Ethan inside euphoria) spreads a compromising video.
And if Drea takes a vacation, it won’t be for rest, but for revenge.
His revenge partner will be Eleanor, a lesbian girl, as did the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. strange things: They didn’t mind casting – he wants his first girlfriend, the one who humiliated her, to pay for it. And since Eleanor is a new student at school, she could very well go undercover and help Drea unmask Max.
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who directed someone extraordinary (2019), also from Netflix and also about a group of friends, and who the screenwriter is Thor: Love and thunder, he does not show much self-confidence nor does he intend to sign his own film. He is not revenge now an arthouse film, but not even Robinson gives it features to keep an eye on an upcoming production.
Camila Mendes is superb, in whatever sense you want to interpret the word, Maya Hawke has the most ambiguous role, Austin Abrams makes the misogynist Max hateful. And then there’s Sarah Michelle Gellar (of sexual games Y Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as the school principal, and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark in game of Thrones), in a very funny scene / cameo.
And the soundtrack is full of hyperpopular songs, Happier than everby Billie Eilish, a dreamsby The Cranberries, passing through others by Rosalía, Olivia Rodrigo and Fatboy Slim, among many others.
In short, it is a film that we have all seen, but for the young audience it should be a pleasure.
“Revenge now”
Good
Comedy. United States, 2022. Original title: “Take revenge”. 122 ‘, SAM 16. Of: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. With: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Sarah Michelle Gellar. Available in: Netflix.
Paul O. Scholz
Source: Clarin
