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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100ScreenCrushBritt HayesScreenCrushBritt HayesJust 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.
- 91The PlaylistEli FineThe PlaylistEli FineRevenge is a hugely satisfying horror movie, a real achievement on the parts of all involved.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichRevenge 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.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThis 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.
- 80Time OutCath ClarkeTime OutCath ClarkeWhat’s interesting about Revenge is that it’s told from a female perspective – and by a female filmmaker.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottRevenge 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.
- 75The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe 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.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenFetishism, parody, and various registers of violence propel a livewire thriller that mines the free-floating hostility existing between genders.
- 67ConsequenceMichael RoffmanConsequenceMichael RoffmanRevenge is one big fuck you to a genre that has treated women like meat — often literally — and she takes back the reigns with incredible muscle. But what makes the movie riveting is how Lutz’s transition from damsel to destructor is filled with all kinds of tumbles.
- 58The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakRight when I was ready to resign myself to the thought that Revenge simply started too strong to maintain itself, Fargeat brought me back from the brink with a tense labyrinthine conclusion making use of its locale and blood as plot propulsion.