Synopsis
Jen's romantic getaway with her wealthy married boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. Tension mounts at the house until the situation culminates in an unexpected way.
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Cast
- Matilda LutzJen
- Kevin JanssensRichard
- Vincent ColombeStan
- Guillaume BouchèdeDimitri
- Jean-Louis TribesRoberto
- Barbara GateauRichard's Wife (voice)
Recommendations
- 100
ScreenCrush
Just when you thought rape-revenge movies had nothing left to say (if they even had anything to say in the first place), along comes Revenge — which transcends mere cleverness with a thoughtful, challenging approach to a worn-out concept. - 91
The Playlist
Revenge is a hugely satisfying horror movie, a real achievement on the parts of all involved. - 83
IndieWire
Revenge is a bit too thin to sustain its running time (despite its slickness and mesmeric rhythm), but Fargeat’s well-executed finale is worth the wait, particularly for how it cements Lutz as a final girl for the ages. A girl who’s stripped of her humanity, and then finds the strength to return the favor several times over. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This is a rape retaliation thriller both tautly controlled and wildly over-the-top, executed with flashy style, sly visual humor and a subversive feminist sensibility. - 80
Time Out
What’s interesting about Revenge is that it’s told from a female perspective – and by a female filmmaker. - 80
The New York Times
Revenge leaves a lurid, punchy afterimage, an impression somewhere between righteous delight and quivering revulsion. It’s both a challenge and a calling card, in which Ms. Fargeat at once exposes what’s wrong with her chosen genre and demonstrates her mastery of it. - 75
The A.V. Club
The film works best if you approach it as a fantasy, with Jen as a near-supernatural angel of vengeance; otherwise, it’s easy to get hung up on the inconsistencies as the action grows increasingly over-the-top. - 75
Slant Magazine
Fetishism, parody, and various registers of violence propel a livewire thriller that mines the free-floating hostility existing between genders.
