by Karen Kohler<\/p>\n
This past Friday, September 16th, Netflix original movie \u201cDo Revenge\u201d came out and to put it plainly, it has it all.\u00a0 The cast is packed full of teen drama stars with leads Maya Hawke, known for her role as Robin on \u201cStranger Things\u201d and Camila Mendes, known for her role as Veronica on \u201cRiverdale.\u201d\u00a0 Other highlights of this movie include the beautiful pastel color scheme, the wardrobe, the soundtrack, the exploration of female friendships, and the callbacks to many popular teen movie tropes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This movie is best categorized as a dark comedy and a teen drama.\u00a0 The story follows two seventeen-year old girls, Eleanor(Maya Hawke) and Drea(Camila Mendes) whose moral compasses could be considered just a bit skewed but you find yourself rooting for them.\u00a0 Drea wants to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend who has the rest of the school wrapped around his finger, but she wants to expose him for who he really is.\u00a0 Eleanor, on the other hand, wants to get revenge on her first girlfriend who outed and started a nasty rumor about her.\u00a0 The two become unlikely friends and Drea has the idea that they should team up and do each other\u2019s revenge, so that their actions remain anonymous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One thing this movie does very well is reuse themes and make references to previous iconic movies, but still keeps it fresh.\u00a0 There\u2019s a climactic scene where Drea is standing smugly in the hallway, watching chaos ensue as everyone argues and panics and papers go flying everywhere.\u00a0 This of course is a callback to \u201cMean Girls\u201d where Regina George stands in the same fashion.\u00a0 This film also features Sarah Michelle Geller of \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and \u201cCruel Intentions\u201d and she quotes from \u201cCruel Intentions\u201d which many viewers were excited about.\u00a0 There is also, of course, a dramatic makeover scene, a clear necessity of any teen movie.\u00a0 As far as the soundtrack, the song \u201cKids of America\u201d is featured, another callback, but is covered by up and coming Indie Pop artist Maude Latour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This film was also female directed, which is refreshing for a movie where the focus is female friendship.\u00a0 Though the friendship in this movie is by no means pure, it is multi-faceted with a lot of jealousy and obsession, but also a deep sense of care and connectedness that contrasts the sometimes one-dimensional female friendships often depicted in the media.\u00a0 This past weekend the movie was at number one in movies on Netflix and it currently rests at number two so if you want to see what all the buzz is about, go join the fun and watch it!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Karen Kohler This past Friday, September 16th, Netflix original movie \u201cDo Revenge\u201d came out and to put it plainly, it has it all.\u00a0 The cast is packed full of 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