Do Revenge

Other cast members include Euphoria's Austin Abrams, Alisha Boe, Talia Ryder, Paris Berelc, Outer Banks star Jonathan Daviss, Ava Capri, Maia Reficco, Rish Shah ...

Rosehill Country Day is the private high school where most of the movie is set. Hawke was filming Stranger Things season 4 at the same time as Do Revenge, and since Stranger Things films in Georgia, it would’ve been hard for Hawke to film Do Revenge in another state. Robinson was set on Hawke playing Eleanor and was willing to do whatever it took to get her to stay in the film. Unlike most Netflix movies, Do Revenge is not based on a book. For example, in the first couple of seconds of the film, a corvette is shown with a Florida license plate. [Riverdale](https://netflixlife.com/tv/riverdale-netflix/).

A killer soundtrack of hits by Olivia Rodrigo and Meredith Brooks elevates the dark comedy.

For fans of the genre, Do Revenge really is a little bit of everything. After nearly two hours of duplicity (and one pitch-perfect cameo from Sophie Turner), the final scene of Do Revenge offers a bit of closure for Drea and Eleanor. To be sure, the song selection is a bit on the nose for a film about girls scheming against one another, but Brooks’ lyrics reflect why Do Revenge is so successful: “I’m a little bit of everything / All rolled into one ... Unfortunately, that connection is grounded in trauma, and Do Revenge understands the need to maintain an edge with its musical selections. For Drea, that means her boyfriend Max (Austin Abrams, Euphoria), the suspected leaker of the video; for Eleanor, it’s her old bully Carissa (Ava Capri), who started a nasty rumor about her at summer camp when they were 13. A quick scroll through [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@bomanizer/video/7059900466372611334?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7059900466372611334) yields hundreds of posts mocking the [Selling Sunset-ification of Netflix soundtracks](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/selling-sunset-songs-music), which are filled with up-tempo tunes that sound like #girlboss Mad Libs.

"Do Revenge" narratively portrays the story of Drea Torres (Camila Mendes), who is the "it girl" of Rosehill Country Day high school.

So, let’s put a stop to that as soon as possible and return to analyzing 90’s movie tropes, femininity, and patriarchy through the eyes of adults. They hug it out and then proceed to screen the video of Max admitting that he was the one behind the video leak. Additionally, she admits that she doesn’t want to get back at Eleanor because she thinks she’s the only friend she has. So, in order to ensure that Drea lives with her pain forever, Eleanor orders her to go to the Admissions Party and force everyone to do the craziest stuff ever. Eleanor explains that she wanted to stop her plan of reminding Drea that she is the one behind everything that she had to go through. After Russ leaves, because he’s obviously disappointed by the revelation that Drea is diabolical, Eleanor shows up to tell her that she caused the accident for a reason. When Drea rushes to Russ to tell him the truth, Eleanor totals her car and sends her to the hospital. Eleanor says that she’s now on Max’s side because Drea didn’t even remember her birthday, and, hence, she feels that Drea is friends with her because she’s useful. They even go to the extent of saying that since America is a free country, they shouldn’t limit themselves to one partner and just go out with anyone who is willing to sleep with them. So, she has to go in there, expose what’s happening in there, draw out Max, and then Drea is going to make him admit that he leaked that raunchy video of hers. She reminds Drea that she’s the one who spread the rumor that Eleanor (who used to go by the name Nora) was a predator when she came out to Drea when they were 13. As Carissa, Max, Drea, and Eleanor go to the same school, Drea asks Eleanor to fulfill her revenge fantasies about Max, while she goes after Carissa on Eleanor’s behalf.

The film Do Revenge follows Drea (Camila Mendes), an influencer and star student at a prestigious private high school. She is there on a scholarship. Drea comes ...

Drea is so obsessed and narcissistic about her own problems she fails to recognize it is her and that Eleanor looks different now because she has gotten a nose job and used to go by the name “Nora.” When the jig is up, Eleanor has gone full “villain” mode, passed the point of no return, and now blackmailed Drea into taping the entire group at the admissions party doing the “craziest” stuff they have ever done. Nora gets upset and leaves, and Drea follows her out. That girl then told everyone that she tried to kiss her and went back into the closet, effectively ostracizing the poor girl. In fact, her entire group blames Drea for punching him in the face. Also, Drea is denied entry into Yale because someone, she thinks Max, sent the documentation of her probation for punching Max in the face. The girls send all his DMs and texts to the entire school during his speech about respecting women. In part, because her friends threw her a party at her house for her birthday, and Drea didn’t even know it was her birthday. She came out of the closet and told a girl named Carissa that she liked her. Of course, Max says he was hacked the next day, and it was sent to the entire school. She overhears two girls being toxic about Drea (one of them played hilariously by Sophie Turner), and Drea promptly sneaks cocaine in their rooms, and they get expelled and sent to rehab. It’s a wonderful night, and Max tells her he loves her. Her plan is to go to Yale and then to Harvard law school.

From Billie Eilish to ROSALÍA, from Olivia Rodrigo to Chloe Moriondo, here's every song in the Do Revenge soundtrack.

Syd - ‘CYBAH’ With that in mind, here's a list of all the tracks that you're gonna wanna add to your revenge playlists. And as expected, the soundtrack that goes along with it is a solid 10/10.

Yes, we do mean that Este Haim. The bass guitarist & vocalist for the Grammy Nominated band HAIM. This is the artist's 2nd major film she's composed following ...

The new movie has an absolutely stacked soundtrack and an original score by Este Haim and Amanda Yamate. [Dead to Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na_cAWqPO64)– Chloe Adams (Simon Youth Remix) [Praise You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAi4VBoBSM)– Fatboy Slim [Bitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivt_N2Zcts)– Meredith Brooks [For the Girls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu-yapbIpoY)– Hayley Kyoko [Do You Know (What It Takes)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4n6ymEMQmk)– Robyn [CYBAH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvjYJU0gAUo)– Syd, Lucky Daye - Dreams – The Cranberries [Silk Chiffon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhyk9rchC2c)– MUNA featuring Phoebe Bridgers [Bitter Bitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExesvgdzzqE)– Helen [She’s All I Wanna Be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS_y_65CcpA)– Tate McRae [Shame Reactions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OErDVhWWjSY)– Pom Pom Squad This is the artist’s 2nd major film she’s composed following Cha Cha Real Smooth earlier this year. Yes, we do mean that Este Haim. [The Impression That I Get](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0)– The Mighty Mighty Bosstones [How It’s Going To Be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE1oIhSgTgI)– Third Eye Blind [I Eat Boys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiXZnXLHt-w)– Chloe Moriondo [F*cking Money Man](https://youtu.be/eQCpjOBJ5UQ)(Milionària + Dio$ No$ Libre Del Dinero) – Rosalia [Celebrity Skin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dWBLoU--E)– Hole [Deceptacon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNln9mXuTI)– Le Tigre [Blondes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIgl7nok_kY)– Blu DeTiger [Dumb Dumb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAj6xfyHIw)– mazie [So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn3cHUtNZKo)– Caroline Polachek [Easy Going](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqZ3B_GWBaY)– Kacy Hill [Move](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Ns39wKqZE)– TOBi [How Bizarre (Orchestral Version)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgjLHUJOnoM)– The Symphonic Pops [Kids in America](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQjy5Mv2kak)– Maude Latour [Pretend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-ZKa54kfE)– Juliana Madrid - Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger [gave it a solid review](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/should-you-watch-do-revenge-on-netflix/) saying, “the entertainment value is there throughout most of the film, and the collection of influences is near and dear to my heart.” - Brutal – Olivia Rodrigo [dark comedy](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/do-revenge-netflix-movie-everything-we-know-so-far-08-2022/) movie starring Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes that’s just touched down on the streaming service.

The movie stars Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes as Eleanor and Drea, a social outcast and a mean girl who decide to help each other get revenge in spectacular ...

But what he doesn't know is that Eleanor was taping his entire confession and they play it at the party to expose Max as the true scumbag he is. It was just a story I told myself to make myself feel better about the fact that I was just a toxic bitch." Max admits to leaking the intimate video of Drea and even says he orchestrated her sending him it by lying about loving her. Drea confronts Eleanor and threatens to expose her, but Eleanor is unmoved. Eleanor had planned to drop the revenge against Drea after the ring dinner as she thought the two were becoming friends. This is just who I have to be to survive.' But that was a f**king lie. Carissa reminds Drea that it wasn't actually her that started the rumour about Eleanor at camp, it was... Eleanor used to be called Nora and was given the cruel nickname of "Nosy Nora" at camp. Suspecting that Eleanor is hiding something, Drea goes to see Carissa at rehab. Drea didn't recognise her either because Eleanor had a nose job or because Drea is a total narcissist. Rosehill's headmaster (played in a brilliant bit of casting by Sarah Michelle Gellar) discovers the drugs, Carissa is expelled and Eleanor has her revenge. Eleanor discovers that Max has been cheating on his current girlfriend Tara and every other girlfriend he's ever had, including Drea.

Los Espookys is finally back, Maya Hawke stars in a teen-revenge comedy, and more.

[Goodnight Mommy](https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/goodnight-mommy-2023). [Riverdale](https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/riverdale)’s Camila Mendes and [Stranger Things](https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/stranger-things)’ Maya Hawke lead as two high school students and unlikely friends. [Fate: The Winx Saga ](https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/fate-the-winx-saga-2021)follows Bloom Peters (Abigail Cowen), a fairy with fire powers who enrolls in a magical boarding school and begins to learn more about her past. [Los Espookys](https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/los-espookys-2018) returns for its six-episode second season. [Someone Great](https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/someone-great-2019), except her new film Do Revenge is anything but romantic. [Roma](https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/roma-2018)’s Yalitza Aparicio, Isabella Rossellini, and Kim Petras will all appear this time around. The remake of the 2014 Austrian film chronicles twin brothers who visit their mother (Naomi Watts) after a reconstructive surgery ends with her face wrapped in bandages. The series follows an elite sub-unit of the U.S. [Up to 40% OffDiscover Samsung - 24 Hours Only!](https://events.release.narrativ.com/api/v0/client_redirect/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2Fshop%2Fall-deals%2F%3Fnrtv_cid%3D.nrtv_plchldr.%26cid%3Dopmc-ecomm-nrtiv-pc-042720-142005-theinventory-13254027%26utm_source%3Dtheinventory%26utm_medium%3Dnarrativ%26utm_campaign%3D13254027%26utm_content%3Dpc%26nrtv_as_src%3D1&a=1785817199872416126&uuid=4f901d7a-5bce-4030-ad80-877793be9238&uid_bam=1780607800286527342&ar=1785898087006760738) 3. Meanwhile, ancient creatures called the Burned Ones return to threaten everyone’s lives. [Note: The weekly What’s On will publish on Sundays.] Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On.

Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes make for a "phenomenal" duo in the new bubble-gum take on Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

Miller](https://readysteadycut.com/2022/09/16/do-revenge-review-wickedly-entertaining-and-full-of-surprises/) (opens in new tab) describes the flick as "wickedly entertaining and full of surprises". [The Guardian's Adrian Horton](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/15/do-revenge-review-biting-netflix-comedy-updates-strangers-on-a-train) (opens in new tab) gives it four stars. [A.V Club's Courtney Howard](https://www.avclub.com/do-revenge-review-camila-mendes-maya-hawke-1849535030) (opens in new tab) writes: "Robinson and her collaborators infuse Do Revenge with an appropriately clear-eyed view of the futility and stupidity of high school social hierarchies. Elsewhere, [The Daily Beast's Coleman Spilde](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/do-revenge-on-netflix-review-a-generation-defining-teen-movie) (opens in new tab) boldly calls it a "cackle-inducingly funny" and a "generation-defining masterpiece." [Mama's Geeky Tessa Smith](https://mamasgeeky.com/2022/09/do-revenge-review-2022-movie.html) (opens in new tab) claims Hawke and Mendes make a "phenomenal" duo, while [Digital Spy's Ian Sandwell](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a41229711/do-revenge-review-netflix/) promises viewers "plenty of darkly entertaining fun" and [Ready Steady Cut's M. [The New York Times' Amy Nicholson](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/movies/do-revenge-review-strangers-on-a-text-chain.html) (opens in new tab) describes Do Revenge as "a playful, sharp-fanged satire that feels like the '90s teen comedy hammered into modern emojis: crown, knife, fire, winky face."

It stars Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke as two teens who join forces to go after each other's bullies. If you're a fan of the '90s classics Cruel Intentions, ...

Then, Erica tells Drea that she’s glad she bumped into her because one of the steps in her recovery program is to make amends with the people she hurt. She tells the people in charge of the tennis camp that Erica does cocaine, which ultimately gets her kicked out. [Maya Hawke](https://netflixlife.com/2022/07/19/maya-hawke-would-love-to-see-eddie-return-as-ghost-stranger-things-season-5/)) is brushing her teeth in the bathroom at tennis camp, she overhears Erica and her friend Jessica (Eliza Bennett) talking about Drea’s (Camila Mendes) sex tape.

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.

Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke charm each other in Netflix teen thriller 'Do Revenge,' a twinned, twisted tale of doled-out retribution.

Song and film alike ask you to lose yourself in such raw emotion — to excuse, even, the intentionally playful grammar faux-pas in its title and to revel instead, in its ultimately winking moral of a tale. — and where she and Drea can come up with the notion of giving off “Glennergy” (i.e. This is a film where Eleanor can ruefully note that she’s a “Billie Jean King in a sea of Maria Sharapovas” — while reading Highsmith’s novel, no less! And couldn’t Drea stage a hit on that “crunchy lesbian” who, as Eleanor tells is, outed and humiliated a young Eleanor while at summer camp several years prior? After all, Robinson’s project owes less to Hitchock’s infamous classic than to the likes of “Heathers,” “Mean Girls” and “Cruel Intentions” — influences the film wears proudly on its stylish and appropriately throwbacky Y2K-era sleeves. [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson](https://variety.com/t/jennifer-kaytin-robinson/)’s viciously delectable “ [Do Revenge](https://variety.com/t/do-revenge/)” is that it should stand alongside the many iconic teen flicks it both cribs from and pays homage to.

Do Revenge,” Netflix's new high school revenge-swap dramedy starring Maya Hawke and Camilla Mendes, is a minefield of '90s teen movie references — from.

I watched ‘Stranger Things,’ so I knew her work, and when I heard she was already attached, it made me want to be part of the project that much more.” “So I didn’t want the story of Eleanor to be about her being outed; it’s what happened when she was outed.” “But, also, part of what makes actors actors is that they are people who are good at having chemistry with people,” she added. Bonded by their respective traumas and dread about the coming school year, the two eventually hatch a plan to “do revenge” for each other and get away with it. And, on top of that, the emotional depth of the movie — it’s a really beautiful story about healing your trauma.” In fact, the director moved the filming location to Atlanta so that both Hawke and Mendes were able to sign on. “It was really about staying true to the deliciousness of ‘Strangers on a Train,’ within this world that feels really candy-coated, saturated and fun.” In addition to “Strangers on a Train,” Highsmith is perhaps best known for writing “The Talented Mr. A nude video of her is leaked online and the most likely culprit is her boyfriend, Max (Austin Abrams of “Euphoria” fame), who wields significantly more power over the privileged student body than Drea, who attends the school on a scholarship. That’s when, friendless and in risk of losing her chance at Yale, she meets a new transfer, Eleanor, who unlike Drea is no stranger to being a social pariah. And even the soundtrack of pop songs and camera work, which includes montages of school cliques and aerial shots, pay homage to the ‘90s teen genre — as do its central storylines. “Do Revenge,” Netflix’s new high school revenge-swap dramedy starring Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes, is a minefield of ‘90s teen movie references — from cliques with coordinating outfits to makeover schemes and house parties where popularity is made and lost.

"Do Revenge" has all the makings of an attention-generating machine, combining a "Mean Girls" vibe with the stars of two popular teen franchises in Camila ...

She directs her anger at dreamy ex-boyfriend Max (Abrams), who leaked an explicit tape of her, while Hawke's Eleanor has nursed an old grudge against a girl who leveled a false accusation against her in the course of outing her. Mostly, it's a story of unlikely friendship, set against the backdrop of another private school where the parties make Roman bacchanals seem restrained and pale by comparison. Yet the plot (based on a script by Robinson and Celeste Ballard) doesn't pursue that enticing prospect with much conviction, which might explain why it runs out of steam down the stretch.

Do Revenge, with Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke, is too cluttered to service any of its many moving parts, homages, or tones.

The show will feature a very young Ahsoka Tano and her mother Pav-ti (voiced by Janina Gavankar), as well as the return of Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn.](/videos/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-official-trailer) [Street Fighter 6 Reveals Its Full Launch Roster2h ago - A mix of new and old - plus your cutomizable creation.](/articles/street-fighter-6-reveals-its-full-launch-roster) [Marvel’s Thunderbolts Roster Isn't Very Electrifying… A big issue here is that things aren't supposed to make all that much sense for a large run of the story because everything's nurturing the aforementioned twist. The film, though, is somewhat lax with this set up since even before Drea and Eleanor meet, Drea outright obliterates the life of someone else who wronged her ( [Game of Thrones](/articles/2019/05/23/game-of-thrones-sn-8-review)' Sophie Turner in brief role), making it seem like she's more than capable of handling her own revenging. It's set at a posh school for the ultra wealthy and asks a great deal of us when it comes to investing in the troubles and turmoils of the preposterously privileged. [Riverdale](/articles/2018/10/11/riverdale-season-3-premiere-review-labor-day-archie-jail)'s Camila Mendes and [Stranger Things](/articles/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-review)' Maya Hawke star as Drea and Eleanor, two seniors who agree to ruin the lives of the others' tormentor.

'Riverdale' star Camila Mendes and 'Stranger Things' star Maya Hawke team up for Netflix's high school twist on 'Strangers on a Train,' from director ...

It was just like, “This is just a really cool project and I want to be in it, and like I don’t give a f— that I’m 26 playing in high school. I could see that you were running from a long day on “Stranger Things” to another long day on “Do Revenge,” then back to a long day on “Stranger Things.” The work she put in to both projects simultaneously was so impressive, and the fact that every time she showed up to work I didn’t see the exhaustion. It was a big undertaking and touched a lot of soft spaces in our hearts. Your temperament through all of that was so impressive, and not a lot of people can pull that off. The second I realized that this movie was going to be that, getting to work with amazing people who really care about it, it didn’t matter if I’d be playing a bush or a lamp post or a keychain. Like, “I just love too hard” or, “My tragic flaw is that I care too much!” I don’t think that’s the case with Drea and Eleanor. Every now and then someone has hurt my feelings, and the way they hurt my feelings, I had to be like, “Gosh, you’re so smart. You hurt my feelings in the exact way that my feelings can be hurt.” Sometimes someone does something to you that doesn’t look that bad on the surface, but really hits your soft spot ... And this is credit to Jenn’s writing and directing, to set up a scene where you have two characters you’ve been following and they both have a very strong opinion about what’s happened, and as an audience member, neither one is right and neither one is wrong. But when we’re in the scene of our own lives, we’re like, “No! “I had nothing but time and resources and I had my two co-stars with me and we were all just watching ‘Harry Potter’ movies all week,” she said. I feel like I’ve been Drea at low points in my life, where I’ve been vengeful or I’ve wanted to hurt somebody who hurt me, and I’ve felt motivated by those same dark desires.

Director and cowriter Jennifer Kaytin Robinson takes us inside her candy-coated new Netflix film with images of fashion, bearded dragons, and Sophie Turner.

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.”

Hairstylist Katie Ballard on the '90s-inspired aesthetic she crafted alongside the film's stars.

“It’s not a word that I used a lot until this film, but it’s basically just not a hair out of place,” says Ballard, who used “As I sat and chatted with Maya, the references that came up were actually her mom, Uma, and Taylor Swift,” says Ballard of what became “the most interesting part” of designing each character’s style. “If you picture a really slicked, high 40-inch pony, that’s the epitome of the ‘snatched’ look.” A long brunette version that matched her natural hair color during her “awkward” phase in the beginning, and a bright blonde that Ballard notes represents her “coming into her power.” Hawke and Ballard referenced the iconic Pulp Fiction bob that Uma Thurman wore for the latter, but this time in a Swift-level shade of blonde designed by wig artist Robert Miller-Navarre. Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Do Revenge reimagines the familiar thrill of a plot-driven makeover scene. In the dark comedy, Hawke plays Eleanor, a wealthy outcast who comes together with Mendes’s character Drea, an insider experiencing a fall from social grace, all at the expense of their prep school enemies.