Vengeance (2022)
- Directed by
- B. J. Novak
- Genre
- comedy film, mystery film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 473 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A New York journalist travels to Texas for a woman's funeral. Her brother pressures him to investigate her death, leading to a darkly comic unraveling of small town secrets.
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What happens
Vengeance is a 2022 American black comedy mystery film written and directed by B. J. Novak in his directorial debut. It stars Novak, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, Lio Tipton, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae and Ashton Kutcher. Jason Blum is a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner, and Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks are producers under their Divide/Conquer banner. The film follows Ben Manalowitz (Novak), a journalist from New York City who travels to Texas to attend the funeral of a girl (Tipton) he hooked up with and is coerced by her brother (Holbrook) to investigate her death. Vengeance premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 12, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 29, 2022 by Focus Features. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised Novak's direction and script, and grossed $4.4 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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