Vengeance (2022)

 

The new movie Vengeance premiered earlier this month on Amazon Prime and select theaters. Directed, Produced, Written and Starred in by B.J. Novak, follows a New York writer who comes to find a girl he was hooking up, Abby,  had died of an opioid overdose in rural Texas. The family, under the influence that Ben (B.J. Novak) was actually her boyfriend, leaving him to fly to Texas under guilt. Upon arrival, the family is under the impression that Abby was murdered, not an OD. Ben takes this as an opportunity to make a story/podcast on finding who killed Abby.


I was really looking forward to this movie premiering with not only Ryan from The Office, but Dove Cameron, and Ashton Kutcher are also in the film. It was very well done, but I have a few thoughts.


Monologue galore. The entire film is basically a long monologue. A lot of words and thoughts where I felt I was watching, and then got lost and realized, wow. These people have been talking for a long freaking time. However, the writing was excellent. There were a lot of great thoughts and theories on the modern world intake of media, that I felt I can take away and apply to my own life. The acting felt very raw, and felt more like watching a home video, or in a conversation right in your face. BJ Novak is a fantastic artist, and I don't think anyone else could play ‘Ben’ the way he portrayed him. 


This film I would HIGHLY recommend watching. I had to buy it for $19.99 on Prime because it is new. It is not a movie that I would watch over and over again, but it is an intellectual one where you feel like you can take something out of it. The ending, is kind of crazy. Full gasps in my living room and something we did not expect, so I would definitely watch if you are into psychological, drama, comedy style movies.



Comments

  1. Shane "The Critic" RollinsSeptember 22, 2022 at 11:33 AM

    Hey there,

    I really want to watch this movie! I have heard nothing but good things, so I will probably end up giving that 20 bucks away as well. I do like a longer dialogue sometimes, although it can definitely get boring.

    Best,
    Shane Rollins

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  2. dr. kyburzSeptember 27, 2022 at 10:52 AM

    I want to see this. Novak is a genius! I wonder if this "intellectual" film might be part of your Fascination Project?

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